Chapter 102 You are the murderer
Chu Hang separated from the crowd, squatted on the edge of the plank road, and looked towards the awning boat.
"Master Xiao Zhou, the cabin of this cabin is very neat, no different from other awning boats. Was Wang Liu really killed on this boat?"
Zhou Zhao held up the lamp, illuminated it, and replied without looking back, "Of course."
"The boat has been cleaned, but the murderer did it very roughly. People who have been investigating the case will know it at a glance."
Zhou Zhao said, looking at a flat, round wood carving hanging on the awning.
"This wooden sculpture should have fallen down during the fight. When the murderer recovered it, he hung it incorrectly because of panic. The figures on the top were upside down."
As she spoke, she took a few steps forward, squatted down, and lit up the floor of the cabin.
"Did you see this? It was caused by being hit with a blunt object. The traces are very new. Although someone washed it with water, there are still blood stains seeping in. I guess there are two murderers, one of whom was fighting Wang Liu , and the other one attacked from behind with a blunt weapon.”
"The person who came after him suddenly hit him on the back of the head, and Wang Liu was killed on the spot. The murderer did not expect such a situation to happen. The murder weapon fell from his hand and hit the cabin, leaving this mark."
"After Wang Liu died, he collapsed on the ground. After the two murderers tied him and sank him into the East Water, a large pool of blood flowed from the back of his head."
The scene at that time appeared in Zhou Zhao's mind. She looked towards the rope that tied the awning boat, and sure enough, she saw that there was one less rope on this boat than on the other boat. The missing one was used to bind Wang Liu.
"Blood stains are not so easy to clean up," Zhou Zhao said, stood up, and walked out again holding a lamp.
She and Su Changying stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the people on the plank road. "It's very easy to find the murderer. After listening to what I said, each of you can think of who the murderer is."
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She said, her eyes scanning everyone's faces.
Everyone at the scene exclaimed when they heard this. The strong man who had caused trouble earlier pointed to his nose, "Me? I know too? Madam, are you kidding me! I don't even know who my mother is, and why?" Can you tell who the murderer is? ”
Zhou Zhao nodded, "Of course you know."
"When we were approaching Zi last night, it was already late at night, and everyone was hungry and sleepy. At this time, one person left first, excused himself to pay respects, or come out to take a breath, and then came up the plank road. After a while, there was another person, most likely Those who are related to him or are inseparable friends are also leaving. ”
"You all have a master to guide you in your work, and you work together as a team. Everyone knows who goes out and who comes in..."
"They went out, but it took a long time to come back. The construction period was so rushed, Master or Boss Chu, who was in charge of supervising the work, probably criticized them."
The expressions of the craftsmen on the plank road changed, and Chu Hang even covered his mouth.
Zhou Zhao looked at it, not surprised.
The Star-Zhaing Tower has been spinning continuously for twelve hours a day. Some people go out to kill people and throw corpses to clean the awning boats. It is impossible for such a long time to go unnoticed.
"Moreover, these two people even drank with Wang Liu, carried his coffin... and even took the initiative to dig a hole and cover Wang Liu with soil."
Zhou Zhao's last gaze fell on Chu Hang, "Well, they also paid their wages in advance, just seven days ago."
Chu Hang stiffened his neck and slowly turned his head to look at Master Wang Liu and Wang Xun in the crowd, as well as a thin young man standing next to him.
The young man felt that many people were looking at him, as if he had been burned, and he quickly hid the hammer behind his back. But his movement, as if there were no three hundred taels of silver in this place, instantly caused an uproar. .
"If I guess correctly, this old man is Wang Liu's master Wang Xun, and the young man holding the hammer is the murderer."
Wang Xun's expression did not change, but the little brother holding the hammer was agitated and couldn't help but tremble. Zhou Zhao raised her eyebrows and lightly jumped onto the shore. She walked up to the little brother and stretched out her hand towards him, "Give me your hammer. That is the murder weapon. This is the evidence of your murder." Up there, no matter how you clean it, it won’t be clean.”
As soon as Zhou Zhao finished speaking, a sudden change occurred.
The gray-haired old man Wang Xun snatched the hammer from the little brother's hand and threw it towards the east water.
Zhou Zhao shook his head and did not move.
"General Su, thank you for your work."
While Zhou Zhao was speaking, Su Changying was already flying like an eagle. He stepped on the sparkling water, stretched out his hand and gently grabbed it, and the heavy hammer was held in the palm of his hand.
Wang Xun's face was horrified, he grabbed the little brother's hand and led him to rush out.
Zhou Zhao still didn't move.
Wang Xun held a bamboo stick in his hand and kept waving it. No one dared to stop him and separated a way.
But before running a few steps, Wang Xun stiffened and stopped again.
I saw a young man wearing a bamboo hat standing on the plank road ahead.
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They couldn't see his face clearly, but they could see the wooden pillar he was carrying on his shoulders, which required several people to lift. No one knows better than them how heavy that piece of material is! But the man from Tingwei Temple was as relaxed as carrying a piece of grass.
The wooden pillar lay across his shoulders, blocking the entire plank road.
"Grandpa, forget it, don't run away!"
The little brother said, turned around with a cry, passed through the crowd, and looked directly at Zhou Zhao, "Sir, I killed Wang Liu, but I didn't mean it. It was Wang Liu who first asked us to extort money. , and then he wanted to kill my grandpa. I saw my grandpa being pinned to the ground by him, and I hit him from behind in order to save my grandpa!”
"I was holding a hammer in my hand. I hit him with the hammer and he died!"
Hearing him admitting to the murder, everyone started talking.
Wang Xun sighed and touched his head. He bent down and bowed to Chu Hang, "Boss Chu, I can't help you. The pile driving caused bleeding, and my senior brother was injured. I did it all. My old lady was seriously ill and I needed money urgently, so I came up with this trick.”
"Once this place becomes a dangerous place, our wages will rise sharply..."
"Achang was young and inexperienced, so he was accidentally tricked by Wang Liu. Wang Liu threatened us with this incident and asked me to give him a sum of money and arrange for him to fake his death and leave Chang'an to avoid the debt he owed. gambling debts.”
When he said this, he suddenly remembered what Zhou Zhao said before, and looked at her like a monster.
"Why do you seem to have seen it with your own eyes! You knew that I had withdrawn money from Boss Chu. I arranged everything, thought that the matter was over, and concentrated on working. Unexpectedly, Wang Liu went back on his word and was greedy. He came again last night Looking for me.”
"He had money on him, but he was reluctant to leave Chang'an. He went to live and drink, and lost all the money in his pocket. He wanted me to give him another travel fee..."
"I'm not an inexperienced kid. How could I not know that he had made up his mind to rely on us to suck our blood? He refused to give us any more money, so we started fighting over disagreements. When Achang saw that I hadn't gone back for a long time, he almost got into trouble again. He was about to be beaten to death by Wang Liu, so he killed him by mistake.”
As Wang Xun spoke, he knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed twice in Zhou Zhao's direction.
"Sir, Achang is young, and he just wanted to save a bad old man like me. He really didn't mean it..."