Chapter 1613 A Bold Guess
While Zhao Zhixian’s brain was in a state of confusion, Zhu Ping’an spoke, “Mr. Zhao, how many people are engaged in the funeral industry in Yiwu County, including making coffins and setting points and graves? , funeral, moving tombs, playing and singing, etc., be sure to make a detailed For detailed statistics, please send someone to invite them all to the county government now. No one will be left behind."
Although County Magistrate Zhao didn't understand the purpose of Zhu Ping'an asking about the situation of the funeral business, he still answered: " Sir, there are eight coffin shops in Yiwu County, including one in the county seat. There are three coffin shops, and there are five coffin shops in the towns below. There are many people who mark the graves, from all religions and nine schools. This has been registered in the county government, and there are about 20 or 30 people. Most of the people who undertake funerals are people from Yizhuang. There are five Yizhuangs in Yiwu County. In addition to Yizhuang, Zhalouzi Shroud Shop also has related inheritance. There are about a dozen shroud shops in Zhalouzi, Yiwu County; there are about a dozen people who play, play, and sing, and most of them are involved in weddings and funerals.”
It can be seen that Zhao Zhixian’s work in Yiwu It is still very solid, and I basically have a good idea of all aspects of Yiwu.
Zhu Ping'an's evaluation of Zhao Zhixian is a little higher. There are really not many county magistrates who have achieved this level.
In the future, Zhao Zhixian’s achievements will definitely not be limited to county magistrates.
"Sir, these people are not a minority. Do they all need to be invited to the county government?" Zhao Zhixian asked uncertainly.
"Yes, don't leave any one behind." Zhu Pingan nodded heavily.
"Master Zhao, after inviting them to the county government office, sent a clerk to inquire in detail and record whether they had undertaken funerals or tomb relocations in the two months before and after the incident last year. If they had done so during this period, For funerals and tomb relocations, it is necessary to record in detail which family they are responsible for, and ask them if there is anything suspicious or strange during the process. No matter how outrageous, they must be recorded in detail, and finally ask them to sign and sign.”
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"I obey." Magistrate Zhao nodded vigorously, then turned around and arranged for the officers to go to the county government office to retrieve the funeral industry files, compare the files, and invite all those engaged in the funeral industry to the government office.
After Zhao Zhixian arranged the matter, he couldn't restrain the doubts in his heart. He raised his hands and asked Zhu Pingan for advice, "Sir, I am a stupid official. I don't know what the purpose of asking people in the funeral industry is?"
Chen Dacheng and others were also confused and didn't know what Zhu Pingan's intention was.
"Look for the victim's head." Zhu Ping'an said in shock.
"Huh?" Zhao Zhixian was indeed shocked. The confusion in his mind became even more blurry, and there were more question marks.
"Master Zhao, I suspect that the victim in this case is not Chen Erlang's wife Zhang. The victim is someone else."
Zhu Ping'an whispered in Zhao Zhixian's ear.
If the murderer is Chen Erlang, there is no need for Chen Erlang to cut off his head and abandon it after killing his wife. Even if it is to vent his anger, it is unreasonable to just abandon the head; on the contrary, if the murderer is not Chen Erlang , then why did he cut off the head and hide it? The murderer must have done this for a purpose, to collect the head? This can basically be ruled out. If there is such a perverted collecting habit, there must be more than one case of victims whose heads were cut off in Yiwu County. However, Zhu Pingan also understood that there is only one case in Yiwu County where people were killed and their heads were cut off. ; Therefore, Zhu Pingan suspected that the murderer cut off the hidden head because he did not want everyone to see the victim's head, and he did not want everyone to see the victim's head, that is, to cover up something. Following this line of thinking, Zhu Pingan has Made a bold guess.
Zhu Ping'an's first reaction was that the murderer might be trying to conceal the identity of the victim, and perhaps the victim was not Chen Erlang's wife Zhang at all. So if the victim is not Chen Erlang’s wife Zhang, who is it?
This question will be answered once the victim's head is found.
"Ah?! What?!"
Zhu Ping'an's words were more shocking than thunder. Zhao Zhixian almost jumped up in surprise.
"Shh, keep your voice low, don't make any noise, so as not to alert others." Zhu Ping'an gently patted Zhao Zhixian on the shoulder.
"Yes, yes." Zhao Zhixian nodded repeatedly, but he couldn't help but whisper in Zhu Ping'an's ear, "But sir, in the two months before and after the case of Chen Erlang's murder of his wife, There are no homicides in Yiwu County."
"It is precisely because there are no homicides that I am more certain of my guess," Zhu Ping'an said.
Hearing this, Zhixian Zhao was thoughtful and stunned for a long time. A light seemed to flash in his mind, and he seemed to understand something.
If the victim was someone else, then it would make sense to cut off the head and hide it.
If the victim is someone else and no one reports the crime.
Then this real murder case was buried normally by the murderer in a non-homicide case.
After all, if one person dies, paper cannot contain the fire. Only with a normal funeral can things calm down.
The body is at Chen Erlang's house, and there is only one head. How can the murderer be buried normally? It must be covered up. But no matter how hard you try to cover it up, it's impossible to cover everything. There will definitely be some strange things during the funeral.
That’s why Mr. Zhu asked himself to send people to ask people in the funeral industry whether they had handled funerals, tomb relocations, etc. during a period of time since the incident, and specifically asked if there was anything suspicious or strange during the period.
"Sir, I seem to understand." Zhao Zhixian looked at Zhu Pingan.
"Just understand it, no need to explain it in words, so as not to scare the snake." Zhu Ping'an nodded slightly.
"Yes." Zhao Zhixian nodded.
"Let's go back to the county office and wait for news." Zhu Pingan said to Zhao Zhixian, "Some questions need to be further asked to them."
When Zhu Pingan and Zhao Zhixian left, Chen Dacheng I also took a few tribesmen with me to the county government office. His brother's case finally has hope again. How can he sit still at home? Firstly, he is worried and does not want to miss any detail. Secondly, he also wants to contribute his strength to the case.
Yiwu County Government Office was very efficient, and soon everyone who was engaged in the funeral industry in Yiwu County was invited to the County Government Office by the officials.
Zhixian Zhao verified it and confirmed that all the people engaged in the funeral industry in Yiwu County were present and there were no omissions.
The county government clerk followed the instructions and asked them one by one whether they had handled funeral matters within a period of time when the crime occurred, and whether there were any suspicious or strange things during the period, and recorded them in detail.
Because there are many people engaged in the funeral industry and there are not enough clerks in the yamen, in order to improve the efficiency of case handling, Zhu Ping'an and Zhao County Magistrate also went to inquire and record.
Zhixian Zhao ended up questioning five people, two of whom had been engaged in funeral matters during the incident. However, after careful recall, they all said that there was nothing suspicious or strange during the funeral process.
Zhixian Zhao noticed that none of the other scribes at the scene seemed to have recorded any suspicious or strange funeral matters.
Is Master Zhu going in the wrong direction?
Just when Zhao Zhixian was suspicious again, he saw an excited scribe standing up with a transcript and walking towards him. (End of chapter)