The next morning, Situ Ce went to the study room to see the appearance. Some faint fingerprints appeared on his clothes, but he still couldn't see clearly, and there was no fingerprint on the rope.

Situ Ce had already expected this result, because the rope itself is too small, it may be very small to find fingerprints on such a small area.

He locked the door of the study and arrived at the yamen again. Before Helanbing came, he asked to visit the magistrate Cai Zhao: The magistrate had just gotten up, and heard that there was something urgent to do, so he quickly let him in, sat down in the living room, and smiled and said, "Sir, is there any breakthrough in the case?"

"No. Mo platoons have been deployed, and the students will step up their detection."

"Don't worry, don't worry." Cai Zhao said with a smile.

Situ Ce said: "Today I want to ask something about Dongweng's former master Meng Tianchu."

Cai Zhao was stunned for a moment: "Master Meng? What's wrong with him? Mr. knows him?"

"He is not bad, and I don't know him either. I'm just curious: because Master Helan said that my detection technique is very similar to Master Meng, so I'm very curious and ask casually."

Cai Zhao nodded and mocked the rosacea. "Well, it's really a bit like that. I don't know where the exact look is, because I don't understand these. However, like you, he solves the case very quickly. It's rare. When he left, I couldn't bear to leave. However, he insisted on leaving, saying that there were important things to do. I said I could take leave. After I got back, he said that I would not finish it for a while, so I could only resign and I couldn't keep him."

"Do you know where you went in detail?"

"I don't know, so I asked him, but he refused to say it. It was the same as when Master Duan left."

"Oh? When Master Duan left, didn't he tell me where he went?"

"No, both of them moved away from their families. Let's talk about us. Master Duan's relatives don't know where he went."

"Did they leave together?"

"No, Master Duan left first. It seems that because he was fighting for a concubine with Master Meng, he couldn't compete for Master Meng. He left sadly. Master Meng then worked with us for many years before leaving."

Situ Ce was most concerned about Meng Tianchu, and asked again: "Why did Master Meng come to Zhenhai County?"

"It was recommended by a friend. "What is the name of Dongweng's friend? Where do you live?"

"Oh! I passed away a year ago. I wanted to ask Mr. Meng from him, right? I asked, but he didn't know. At that time, I encountered a difficult case and couldn't solve it. I thought about finding Mr. Meng, but I couldn't find it. No one knew his whereabouts."

Situ Ce asked for a long time, but there was no useful information at all. He had no choice but to say goodbye and return to the study. He Lanbing was sitting in the study in a daze. Seeing him coming back, he said, "Go to ask Dongwen about Meng Tianchu?"

Situ Ce was surprised by Helanbing's insight and said, "Yes, but Dongweng doesn't know where he went, do you know?"

"I don't know, and I don't want to talk about him either. Since you are not his apprentice, don't mention this matter again. There is new progress in the case, do you want to hear it? "Of course! What progress?"

"Xiao Mouse and his friends investigated all other relatives and friends of the Yan family overnight. They had never been out last night, and they had more than two witnesses. Therefore, when they went to Yan's house to knock on the door and let the accomplices go in and kill people, it was impossible for them to be their relatives and friends."

Situ Ce was very disappointed.

He Lanbing said again: "I asked the clerk of the punishment room to retrieve the previous sentences of the yamen overnight. It was found that Jiang Lin and Guo Zhu had been punished by the yamen for stealing. Jiang Lin was imprisoned for three years and Guo Zhu was imprisoned for two years. The two had been in hard labor in the same place."

"So that's how it is!"

"The Yan brother didn't say much: I learned from the daughter-in-law of the third family of Yan that the second son of the Yan family had asked his brother for money many times. This time, the eldest son of the Yan family gave Yan's father 400 taels of silver, and the second son proposed to divide 100 taels of silver, saying that the family was too poor to lose, and that the old man lost again and the children had no food. The third son also proposed to divide some of them to him, but Yan's father disagreed, saying that this was the pension money given to him by the eldest son. Not only did the two sons not give the money, but also asked the old father for money. He was really unfilial and scolded them."

Situ Ce was excited: "So, the Yan brothers all have some resentment towards their father, and they are all suspected of committing crimes? No wonder I only found their fingerprints at the scene, without the fingerprints of other strangers!"

He Lanbing was stunned for a moment and said, "Hasn't they been playing horse hangers at Guo Zhu's house? How can they go back and kill people?"

"Then we need to find out if they have been out? Have Shi Meng and the others asked about it last night?"

"Is this so I'll ask myself now!"

"Wait, I'll go together too!" The two of them came to Qianya, called Shi Meng and others, and hurried to Guo Zhu's mistress Qin's house.

Guo Zhu was not at home and went out, and all the Qin sisters were there. Situ Ce immediately called Dibao and asked him to send someone to find Guo Zhu. At the same time, he called Jiang Lin, the children he brought that night, and the Yan brothers, to Guo Zhu's house.

Before the Yan brothers were called back, Situ Ce asked the Qin sisters first. The first question was his sister. He Lanbing asked: "I played horse hangers at your house last night. Who has been out in the middle?"

Situ Ce was very impressed when he heard this. He Lanbing did not directly call the Yan brothers, but asked everyone present who had gone out, so that the other party could not understand the direction of the detection.

Qin replied: "My man has been out, uh, it seems that Brother Jiang has been out too. By the way, Yan's second son's daughter-in-law has also been out. No one else is left."

"What are they going out to do?"

"My man went out to send Brother Jiang's child home. His child always bullies other children, and he cried and affected the horse-drawn horse-drawn. He was upset by Brother Jiang and didn't want to beat him and took the child back. My man said not to let me continue hitting him and he went to send the child."

"How long has he been out?"

"Uh, I missed the time for a meal."

In ancient times, a meal lasted about fifteen minutes.

A cup of tea is five minutes.

Situ Ce nodded: "Where is Jiang Lin? How long has he been out? What have you done?"

"I went out for about a cup of tea. I said I went to the cottage and it was my girl who played Mo Cards for him for a while. Uh, it was my man who went out after he came back."

"Where is the second daughter-in-law of the Yan family? How long has she been running?"

"It's not long before the copper coins he brought from the head of the family were lost, leaving only a five-cent silver. We couldn't find them, so his wife took them to exchange them for money. Uh, it's about two cups of tea."

Situ Ce asked, "Have you ever been out with the two brothers of the Yan family?"

"No, they didn't move their butts."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course, I must be there all the time, I've never moved my nest, I'm really watching it."

"Who else has been out except for the three of them?"

"there is none left."

After Situ Ce finished asking, he asked someone to call Qin's sister, and the stall asked casually: "Does there often come to play horse hangers in your family?"

"Hehe, yes, they always lose to my men and always want to get it back, so they always come and want to win back the money, but the more they are afraid of losing, the more they lose, the more they want to win, the less they can't win. Hehehe, there is no way, you can't let people not come to your door if you win money."

"So, Guo Zhu is still very good at playing horse hangs."

"Of course, he often doesn't bring a penny to the horse riding, and he can earn back a hundred cents again and again!"

He Lanbing smiled from the side and said, "He will make money by nothing!"

"That's right, this is called ability!" Qin said proudly.

Situ Ce then asked the others, "Answer" was the same as Qin's. After all, this was just yesterday's incident, and the time for horse riding was short, only about an hour before and I remember it clearly.

I asked the Yan brothers directly, and the answer was the same, I had never been out.

Situ Ce and He Lanbing were a little stunned. This was different from what they had expected. Could it be that the Yan brothers instructed their daughter-in-law to go out and do it? Her daughter-in-law may not have the ability to kill people. However, it can be called to open the door and let other accomplices kill people!

So, He Lanbing took the constable to investigate the place where Qin Shi changed money, and it turned out that she had indeed come to change money that night. Of course, it is impossible to rule out that the possibility of her going home or calling her accomplices to go in and kill people before or after the exchange.

However, the subsequent investigation made this possibility disappear immediately. Many people present proved that because the second son of the Yan family was waiting for money to ride a horse, her daughter-in-law almost ran back, without even a cup of tea. The people present also said that she was doing things quickly.

According to the fact that there were no signs of forcibly breaking in the doors and windows of the crime scene, it was judged that an acquaintance called the door and went in, so if it was the second daughter-in-law of the Yan family who went out to help call the door, she had to run home and ask to open the door before she could return to Guo Zhuyan's head house.

Helanbing and Situ Ce conducted a test, and asked the detective Tang Tang to run at the speed of running from Guo Zhuyan to the place where he changed money, and then ran back to the Yan family and came back. It took at least two cups of tea, and one cup of tea could not be completed at all. Everyone present proved that when the second daughter-in-law of the Yan family came back, she was not exhausted and breathed, which meant that she did not run. In this way, since the second daughter-in-law of the Yan family did not have time to commit the crime, the suspect of the crime could be ruled out.

Jiang Lin only had a cup of tea to go to the cottage, and the people present also proved that he was not out of breath when he came back, which means that he could not run to ask the door to open and then run back. The suspects of the crime can be ruled out.

Then there is only Guo Zhu who sent Jiang Lin's children home!

To go to Jianglin's house, you have to pass by the door of Yan's house. Moreover, the people present proved that Guo Zhu had a total of one meal before and after he went out, which was about half an hour, about six cups of tea. When it came to Guo Zhu's house to Jianglin's house, it only took three cups of tea back and forth. What did Guo Zhu use for the remaining three cups of tea? Moreover, Guo Zhu had a criminal record, which was in line with the previous analysis of the case.
Chapter completed!