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Chapter 38 Picked up

When Niu Duzi talked about this, he looked frustrated: "I went back, got home, found a slapped wine and wiped it, and then went to bed and slept until dawn. The next day I heard that Pang Yan died in the winery of Widow Chang. I laughed so happily that God has eyes, and this is his retribution, right? This kid relies on his wealthy father-in-law and does not take people into consideration. This is God's retribution..."

Lu Jinping sneered: "You said this in front of Mr. Zhou. I think you don't want to stay in Zhoujiazhuang anymore."

Niu Duzi was stunned and looked at Yuanwai Zhou with a blue face. He spoke out loudly and said what he thought in his heart. Now, seeing Yuanwai Zhou staring at him with a blue face, he immediately regretted it. It was not easy for Yuanwai Zhou to clean himself up.

Lu Jinping said: "You said you went home to sleep after the fight and slept until dawn. Who can testify?"

Niu Duzi murmured: "I am a bachelor, a broken house, and one person is full and the whole family is not hungry. Who can testify to me? If there is a woman at home, why would I throw it all in Sister Chang's winery after making a few cents?"

"That means, you don't have any evidence of absent?"

"What evidence?" Niu Duzi asked back, indeed he couldn't understand this relatively professional vocabulary.

Lu Jinping said: "That is to say, you have no evidence to prove that you did not return to the winery to kill Pang Yan that night, right?"

"No, but I really sleep at home and I didn't come back here. Although I hate him, I really didn't kill him. I dreamed of strangling him to death, but that was just a dream."

He suddenly remembered that Zhou Yuanwai was standing next to him. He said this, but he was afraid that Zhou Yuanwai would hate him even more. He really hated his mouth and said whatever he wanted. It was even more troublesome. He took a look at Zhou Yuanwai. As expected, it was like a layer of frost was lowered. His eyes were on fire, and he wanted to come over to strangle him to death. He couldn't help but tremble and quickly lowered his head.

Lu Jinping stood up and said to the captain Xiong: "Let's go to Niu Duzi's house to search for it, if there are any stolen goods, and see if you can find any clues." He turned to Widow Chang and said, "You go with you too. I need you to confront him if necessary."

Widow Chang quickly agreed, locked the door, and followed Lu Jinping and others to Niu Duzi's home.

Niu Duzi's home is on the edge of the town. It is a very simple adobe house with no yard, only a room. When you open the door and enter, you will find that it is a bachelor's room without a mistress. There is a bag of rice and a stone bowl in the corner of the house. It is probably a meal for pounding rice.

Lu Jinping checked around his room. When he checked in front of the wooden bed in the corner of the house, he picked up the dirty pillow and lifted it up. Under the pillow were two white belts and a scarlet chest wrapped.

Lu Jinping used the fingers of both hands to pick up the two belts and the end of the scarlet breast wrapped, and slowly lifted them up. The long belt and breast wrapped were hanging in front of him, very clean, exuding a faint smell of rouge. As soon as he smelled this smell, Lu Jinping couldn't help but feel moved, remembering the smell of the widow's boudoir, which was very similar. He turned to the calf and said, "Whose this is? How did it come from?"

The calf turned into a pig's liver-colored face and said embarrassedly: "Yes..., I picked it up."

“Where did you pick it up?”

"Well, I picked it up from the garbage dump. I looked quite new, so I took it back."

Lu Jinping has been in the Tang Dynasty for half a year. Of course, he has seen and used the belt. As for this woman's breast wrap, he has also seen Ye Qingqing wrap her breasts with a similar wide cloth belt. So he knew what it was for, so he smiled and said to Niu Duzi: "It's okay to have a belt, what are you picking up this thing for this breast wrap? Can you use it?"

The calf was embarrassed and couldn't speak.

Lu Jinping said again: "Which garbage pile did you pick it up?"

"Yes, I picked it up in the garbage dump of Sister Chang's winery. Maybe she threw it away. I saw it was quite clean and she didn't want it, so I picked it up."

Lu Jinping looked carefully at the belt and the breast wrapped, without any marks on it. He carried the breast wrapped to the yard and said to Widow Chang: "Come and identify whether the belt and breast wrapped are yours."

Widow Chang glanced at her and screamed, shy and excited, constantly throwing her eyes and saying, "Sir, why are you stealing someone's belt and wrapping her breasts? Oh, Sir, if you like it..."

"This thing was found under the calf's pillow." Lu Jinping interrupted Widow Chang's words, "He said he picked it up in the garbage pile in your winery. Is it yours?"

Widow Chang said a whisper, looking quite disappointed. She took two steps, took a closer look, shook her head and said, "I look like it, but I'm not sure, because there are signs on it."

"Niu Duzi said I picked it up in the garbage dump in your winery. Are there any women from the winery?"

"No, those who come to my winery are basically men. Even if a woman comes to help her family sell wine, she will leave after getting a drink. She will not leave someone to drink, and will not throw this thing away. If it was really picked up from my winery, it might be mine."

Lu Jinping turned around and said to Yuanwai Zhou: "You go find three large, clean paper bags, remember to be clean, and there is no one inside."

Yuanwai Zhou hurriedly said, "Okay! I'll let someone make a few paper bags from paper to you, so it's guaranteed to be clean."

Yuanwai Zhou said as he turned around and told the servants to go and do it quickly.

When Lu Jinping saw a rope for drying clothes in the yard, he carefully put his chest and two belts on it and said to everyone: "No one is allowed to touch it!" Then he turned around and went into the house to continue checking.

He checked in detail everywhere in the house and found no other strange things.

At this time, the servant of the Zhou family, who was responsible for making paper bags, came back and brought a few new paper bags. Lu Jinping carefully took off the wrapping of the clothesline and put it into the paper bag. Then he said to the bear captain next to him: "In the future, you will make several such paper bags to hold physical evidence. To make different models, you must also prepare some clean porcelain bottles to hold some liquid or liquid evidence. This is needed for the inspection site, and all the paper is pasted on it, and the extraction location and time are written on it. These are necessary to solve the case, remember."

In ancient times, these standardized methods of extracting physical evidence were not paid attention to when solving cases. Therefore, Captain Xiong was a little confused about Lu Jinping's request, but he still nodded and agreed and said he would do it when he went back.

At this time, the sky was getting darker. Lu Jinping said to Captain Xiong and Zhou Yuanwai: "Send someone to call Liu Lao Er and take him to Widow Chang's house. I have something to ask him."

Captain Xiong quickly sent the constable to follow the servants of Zhou Yuanwai to Liu Laoer's house. Then, Lu Jinping and Captain Xiong escorted Niu Duzi back to the winery of Chang Widow's house.

As soon as they arrived at the winery, the constable and Zhou Yuanwai's servant brought Liu Laoer with him.

Lu Jinping ordered the calf and widow to take them outside and separate them from each other. Then, he called Liu Laoer alone into the winery.

When Liu Laoer saw the yamen constable summon him, he was a little nervous. After arriving at the winery, he was even more panicked when he saw Captain Wind staring at him with a fierce look. He didn't wait for Captain Liu to speak and knelt on the ground and said, "Little Liu Laoer greets you all."

Lu Jinping said: "We found that Mr. Zhou's son-in-law Pang Yan, who died of murder, was not drunk. We are investigating the case. You were at the scene that night, right?"

When Liu Laoer heard this, he was shocked and lowered his head and said, "The villain is at the scene, but the villain did not kill him. Besides, he is so strong and fat like a big bull. How can I have the strength to kill him?"
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