Idle courtiers

Chapter 84 Wrestling (recommendation ticket requested)
At this time, Wu Zuo came, and it turned out to be an old acquaintance Li Painter.

Zhou Nan squeezed Widow Huo's arm fiercely, turned her head and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Painter Li, we met again. It has been several months since we parted at Mei's house that day, I miss you. "

That's right, painter Li was the one who went to Mei's house with Zhou Nan to draw a portrait of Sister Su, and was scared by Mei Pu and turned the table.

Painter Li was very embarrassed when he heard him mentioning this matter: "I have seen Master Zhou."

Zhou Nan: "The Huo family's murder case, of course I have to trouble Painter Li. However, it's too cold this day, and we will freeze if we stand here for a long time. The autopsy is not busy, you should investigate the scene first. It’s the first time I’m investigating a case, so I want to ask Master Li for advice.”

"Don't dare." Master Li nodded: "That's right, the deceased died of a brain injury, and there is nothing to see. But the scene needs to be inspected first, the snow is quite heavy, and it needs to be covered later."

So, Painter Li looked around in the yard.Zhou Nan also became interested, and followed suit step by step.

After being busy for a stick of incense, he called it a day and took the bodies of Huo Lichun and Niu Er back to the yamen.Huo Lichun locked himself in the cell of the fast class, and Zhou Nan specially ordered him to deliver a quilt, saying that he had been frozen in the cell all night in the cold weather.

As for Zhou Nan and Niu Er sitting in the ceremony room, Niu Er's body was placed on the big table next to them.

The winter in Huai'an this year is extremely cold, and a thin layer of ice has formed in the large tank used to prevent water leakage in the yard.

Painter Li drank a cup of hot tea, and only saw a trace of blood on his pale face.He put his hand on the stove, and whispered in his mouth: "Master, you are a kind person, and you don't want to embarrass Widow Huo's master and servant. It is said that such a big case, even if the Huo family is justified, after all, if someone dies in your family, no matter what. Come up with an explanation."

"The person who was replaced by the punishment room, without further ado, get him back first, and don't even think about going out unless you pay enough money."

Zhou Nan: "You can't take money from human blood, it's against the peace of heaven."

Painter Li suddenly sighed: "Master Zhou, we also went through hardships together in the Mei family. There is a sentence that I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Zhou Nan: "Tell me."

Painter Li: "This case should be in charge of the torture room. Seeing that the year is approaching, the prison room was hoping to get some rewards for solving this case, and just get some tea, shoes and socks money at Huo's house. If you intervene, I'm afraid you will be afraid of the brothers." Unhappy in my heart, hurt the harmony of Li and Xingfang."

Zhou Nan looked at him with a smile, and suddenly said, "Painter Li, let me ask you, what is the cause of Niu Er's death?"

Painter Li: "I was hit in the back of the head by a hoe."

"Lao Li, Lao Li, you are still an old man, you can't even see such an obvious loophole. You said that Niu Er died after being hit in the back of the head by a hoe, so let me ask you why there is not much blood on the ground. Hehe, From my point of view, Niu Er’s dirty blood is not as much as killing a chicken. Don’t you think there is something strange about it? Yes, Widow Huo said that Niu Er entered by jumping over the wall. The fence of Huo’s house is a loess wall. When we surveyed the scene earlier, we didn’t see any traces of climbing.” Zhou Nan finally said: “So, I can be sure that Niu Er asked to open the gate to enter. Obviously, he went to Widow Huo’s house a lot, saying Maybe she is very familiar with Widow Huo."

"Ah!" Painter Li's face changed color, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground.

Yes, as an old man, he naturally knew that the capillaries on this person's head were extremely rich, and others had their scalps dug out with a hoe.Even if the skin is broken a little, it will flow non-stop.However, Niu Er didn't shed much blood.

That means Niu'er had another cause of death.

Painter Li hurried to Niu Er's body and looked through it for a long time, but he didn't see any scars.He wondered in his heart: how did this person die.

"Could it be poison, no, no, it doesn't look like it. People who die from taking poison will have bruised faces and bleeding from the seven orifices."

Painter Li turned Niu Er's hair again, and finally checked even the buttocks, but still found nothing.He muttered in his mouth: "It's weird, it's weird. It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense."

Zhou Nan was tired all night, his eyes were already sleepy, and he yawned: "Forget it, don't check, go back to sleep. Anyway, Widow Huo will come to the Yamen tomorrow, and the first trial will make it all clear. As long as She pleaded guilty, but it doesn't matter if the evidence is incomplete."

The ancients did not have a chain of evidence in judging a case. Many times they tested free evidence and used severe punishment when necessary. It is not so civilized.Anyway, as long as the criminal pleads guilty, the case will be solved.

"Lao Li, I'm going to sleep in Cheng Fafang, don't be in a daze." Zhou Nan yawned a series of times, and sneered in his heart: I really think that Zhou Nan is a pervert, and I will eat tofu when I see a widow.What a widow Huo, you actually wear a big red bellyband next to your body. Is this something a widow should wear?Fortunately, I have sharp eyes and saw that something was wrong.

This case seems to be very interesting.

Since Zhou Nan entered the yamen, all he has done is ideological work, and he is a bit fatigued after working for a long time.It was really exciting to be able to stand up to a murder case this time.

Thinking of Widow Huo's plump breasts and the gleam of spring under her neck, Zhou Nan moved his index finger, feeling regretful in his heart: what a pity, what a pity!
Painter Li didn't leave, and looked at Niu Er's corpse with dull eyes: "No, no, there must be something wrong."

……

On the second day, according to the rules of the yamen, Shi Zhixian was promoted to judge the case after having lunch.

Widow Huo also arrived, knelt down in the lobby with Huo Lichun who was brought out from the classroom, lowered her head and cried: "My lord, please be the master for the little people!"

There was another person kneeling behind them, Widow Huo's servant girl Spoon Spoon.This girl is a fool, even though she was present as a witness, it was purely a display.

A homicide case happened once in ten years in the county, and immediately attracted countless people to watch, and the open space outside the lobby was packed to the brim.

Shi Zhixian just woke up and finished eating, feeling a little depressed.He was very surprised when he heard that a major murder case was reported earlier.Later, it was heard that he was catching rape and killing people, but he was greatly disappointed in his heart.

If this is a murder case, if it is solved, it will be a political achievement, and it will also draw a perfect end to his tenure in Anton.As the current situation is like this, there is nothing to say.To put it bluntly, he, the county master, just asked a few questions, and then asked someone to make a record and file the matter.

He wouldn't even bother to ask a question if he could.

He waved to Zhou Nan who was sitting on the side taking notes, indicating that he could start.

Zhou Nan was also a person who knew what he wanted, and before Shi Jieren could speak, he took the lead in asking questions.

It was just yesterday when Niu Er climbed into the wall of Huo's dyeing house, and how he got into Widow Huo's door.

How did Niu Er use his strength, and under what circumstances did Widow Huo call her, and what was her name.

When Niu Er heard Widow Huo's call, he panicked and rushed out the door. How did Huo Lichun catch up with him and beat him to death with a hoe.

After asking a question, Zhou Nan wrote a stroke on the paper, which was purely a stylized process.

This matter was quite boring at first, but Zhou Nan asked very detailed questions, and kept reminding Widow Huo, "Tell me about the details. Where were you and what clothes were you wearing when Niu Er broke in? What did Niu Er say? Where did the hand reach out to you first... What's the next move..." When asked here, he added coldly: "Does it hurt?"

It's too detailed, the details are real, the characters are plump, and the writing technique is novel.It makes people feel immersive and deeply substituted.

The Chaoyang crowd outside could only hear their hearts shaken, their breaths were short of breath, and they thought, this Master Zhou is really an elegant person, and his questions are so unique, much more refreshing than Mr. Wenshu's storytelling!

Then he turned his eyes to Widow Huo, and seeing the fire-breathing back, he couldn't help feeling envious in his heart: "What a bull, you are so lucky, such a wonderful thing, even if the peony flowers die, you will be a ghost."If it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't care about that much.

I wish I could replace myself!

After being asked so many secret words by Zhou Nan, Widow Huo blushed with embarrassment, and couldn't help calling out coquettishly: "Master, don't, don't!"

"Don't, don't!" Isn't that what she said to the thug Niu Er last night?The hearts of the audience trembled again, Meijiao Niang, the voice is really nice, the woman said no, but it is not enough!

Shi Zhixian was in a daze, and after listening to it for a long time, he realized something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "Zhou Nan, don't ask irrelevant questions, quickly record a statement and let her go home to close the case. After all, you are a woman from a good family, you are so contemptuous. What system?"

Zhou Nan is really unbearable, let him go on like this, the confession he recorded will not need to be revised, it will be directly engraved into a book, and it will become a best-selling Fengyue book.

So, what is the dignity of Yamen and other Shi Xianzun?

"Yes yes yes, I would like to obey the order of the county magistrate." Zhou Nan finished recording the statement, walked down, comforted Widow Huo and Huo Lichun, and asked them to press their fingerprints.

Suddenly, he turned his head and touched a fruit from his sleeve, and asked Widow Huo's servant girl, who was kneeling behind and wiping her snot with her sleeve, a spoon: "Spoon, do you want candy?"

Spoon was drooling: "Think, think, think."

"I want to eat, yes, but can I ask you a question?"

"Candy, candy, ask, ask, ask."

Zhou Nan: "Let me ask you, do you know the dead man who entered your house yesterday? How is he different from ordinary people. I mean, is there any difference between him and ordinary people?"

Spoon: "Yes, yes, there is a big scar on his butt, give me candy."

Zhou Nan: "How do you know?"

Spoon: "I've seen it before."

"Have you seen it many times before, and where did you see it?"

Spoon: "I saw it in the mistress' room."

"Are you all naked?"

"Yes, they are all naked. Except for the mistress, brother Lichun, and the dead man from yesterday. The three of them are all naked and wrestling. Give me candy."

Zhou Nan handed the fruit to the spoon and rubbed it on her messy head: "Good boy, what a cute and honest boy!"

(End of this chapter)