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Chapter 37

After binding Xun Sanlang with hemp rope, Qingdeng immediately escorted Xun Sanlang back to the Beifan Office.

As soon as he escorted Xun Saburo back to the Beifan office, as Qingdeng expected - he was immediately summoned to Susui's office on the back.

Entering Susui's office alone, Qingdeng couldn't help raising his eyebrows in surprise at the lineup in the office.

The lineup in Susui's office can be called luxurious.

Susukui, the 2 names and powers of the temporary return, and the 2 names and powers of the fixed town return: Arima and Tojo... In short, all the leaders of the "three times" of the North Bansuo gathered together.

All of them are now looking at Qingdeng who entered the room with a gaze mixed with various emotions such as shock, doubt, and unexpectedness.

Especially there are horses.

When Arima learned that "Qingdeng solved the Kolianagi-cho case" just now, his first reaction was to roar at the same heart who came to report: What nonsense are you talking about!
What is Ju Qingdeng's current level of case handling, I don't know?
After confirming several times with Tongxin who came to report, and confirmed that he did not make a mistake in his report, and that he heard correctly, Arima's eyes, which were originally as big and round as an owl, opened even wider.

Mr. Ju, who has never been able to stand on his own... solved a murder case in less than an hour?

Is there something wrong with my ears, or something wrong with my head? ? ?
After learning that Susukei planned to call Aoto over to listen to Aoto's "work report" in person, Arima immediately signed up and said that he would also like to be there to listen, to hear how this junior, who had never been very successful before, suddenly Rigid.

The same is true, and there are two Yuli from Dongcheng and the temporary return—they were all very curious when they heard that the stupid man had made extraordinary achievements, so they signed up and asked to attend Qingdeng's "work report" .

After entering the room, Qingdeng followed the rules and saluted and greeted all the leaders in the room respectfully.

"Hmm... Tachibana-kun." Susuki with a complex expression, since just now he seemed to be looking at some stranger, has not stopped to look at Qing Deng, "You... did a good job today."

Whether it's Susui, Arima or the others, they all want to hear how Qingdeng, who has never been very successful, solved the case today, so he hastily called Qingdeng over to report on his work.

Therefore, after a brief conversation with Qingdeng in official language and clichés, Susui went straight to the point—asking Qingdeng how he found the criminal today.

——As expected, it is impossible not to ask how I solved the case...

Qingdeng, who had expected early on that the people in the execution office would definitely ask him these questions, had already drawn up his words on the way to escort Xun Saburo back to the Beifan office.

Qing Deng cleared his throat, and then began his half-truth and half-false report.

When I was drinking tea in the tea house, I accidentally heard about the accident in Muliu Town, and then rushed to this part of Muliu Town immediately to report the truth.

When talking about why he wanted to enter Granny Ping's house, Qing Deng began to talk nonsense.

After all, you can't say clearly that "I intend to grab credit".

Although in this day and age, it's perfectly normal to grab credit or something, but this kind of thing is always rarely seen in the sun, and it can't be said clearly.

The reason Qingdeng gave himself was "I plan to enter the house first, and before Tong Xin, who is in charge of the case, arrives, I will check the scene of the crime for others to see if the scene has been damaged by the person who found Granny Ping's body." .”

"Xiaguan's original intention was to simply go to the scene of the crime and take a look around before coming out."

"Generally speaking, this kind of burglary homicide, except for the extreme cases of random homicide, there are only three types in total."

"Killing for revenge, killing for money, and killing for love."

"The victim's house was quite tidy, and there were no traces of being rummaged through or looted. Therefore, killing by property is ruled out first."

"Among the remaining two options of vendetta and love, Xiaguan initially thought that Granny Ping should have died of vendetta."

"After all, Granny Ping is very old, almost 70 years old, she doesn't look like she can be killed by love."

"But after Xiaguan entered the house and accidentally saw something in the scene of the crime, Xiaguan was shocked: Compared with vendetta, it seems that the probability of love murder is a little higher."

"Things? What things?" Susui, who was already a little fascinated, asked quickly.

"The candles placed in the corner of the crime scene." Qing Deng replied.

"Candles?" Boi was taken aback.

"Candles are not things that ordinary townspeople can take out and use casually." Qingdeng said lightly.

Susui and the others, who had realized something like being hit by a thunderbolt, changed their expressions.

Due to various reasons such as insufficient craftsmanship, the price of candles was not cheap in the Edo period. Most families used kerosene instead of candles!

"Although candles have good lighting, they are quite expensive. Only those rich families can burn candles without any scruples."

"The vast majority of people can only use poor lighting, but they are better than cheap lamp oil, candles, etc., and they are only willing to use them occasionally."

"The victim's family has been a well-known benevolent person for decades. They are generous and generous. Because they often treat poor people with low or no compensation, the family must not be very rich."

"The clothes on the victim's body were patched several times, and the layout of the home is quite simple, basically there are only a few ordinary pieces of furniture, and there are no luxuries."

"When the officials inspected the victim's home, they found that the victim had stored a large amount of lamp oil and only a few candles."

"This clue strongly proves that the victim's family is not the kind of family that can take out candles and burn them casually. In the past, they used lamp oil the most, and candles were only used on certain special occasions."

"Usually they are victims of lamp oil, but there is a burning candle in the corner of the crime scene - no matter how you look at it, it feels abnormal."

"The pieces of solidified candle liquid at the base of the candle are quite new, and they have just solidified not long ago."

"This shows that this candle was taken out for use last night, and it has been taken out for a long time. It took at least half an hour to burn to accumulate such a large amount of solidified candle liquid."

"The luxury of candles, apart from festivals, there is another situation that most people would be happy to use - when there are outsiders petitioning."

"Therefore, based on all the above-mentioned clues, the lower official determined that the perpetrator and the victim knew each other, and the relationship was quite unusual. There was a high probability that they were very close people."

"The perpetrator visited the victim's home last night, and was invited into the home by the victim to sit down."

"In order to entertain the perpetrator, the victim took out candles that he was usually reluctant to use."

"The candle burned for nearly half an hour, which shows that the victim and the perpetrator have been in the same room for a long time."

"Being able to be invited into the home by the victim in the middle of the night, and to be able to stay in the same room with the victim for such a long time-only those who are very close can receive such hospitality from the victim."

The Edo period was nothing compared to modern times.

In this era of ancient society, it is not so modern and open.

A widow who has just lost her husband is willing to invite someone into her house at night and spend such a long time alone with him... As Qing Deng said just now, only the relationship between them is very close It is only possible to receive such warm hospitality from others.

"But in this way, a new problem has arisen." Qingdeng's report was still going on, "If the victim really has a very close relationship with the perpetrator...then why did she bring out candles in such a grand manner to entertain her?" People?"

"If the relationship is too close, or people who often come to visit their home, then generally speaking, they will be relatively relaxed, and they will not make such a big fight. Just take out the lamp oil as usual."

"The victim's mouth remained traces of the perpetrator pressing hard to cover the victim's mouth in order to silence him."

"Based on the size of the pressing marks and the strength of the perpetrator who can hold the victim's mouth with one hand and hold a knife with the other, it can be concluded that the perpetrator is a male."

"The male, who is so close to the victim that he can be invited into the house at night and can be alone with the victim for such a long time, but the victim is not so casual with him, and very solemnly takes out candles to entertain him."

"It can be seen from this that the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator must not be ordinary."

"Although the relationship is close, there is still a little distance between each other."

"The two may be childhood sweethearts, or a special relationship that happened in the past."

"Since there is such a special relationship, compared to vendetta, it is more likely to be a murder of love."

"Thus, with such conjectures in mind, Xiaguan went to ask the victim's neighbors, relatives and friends, and successfully identified the most serious suspect, Saburo."

"After rushing to Xun Saburo's address, I was very lucky to catch him when he was about to flee, and he was successfully arrested and brought to justice."

silence……

After Qingdeng finished his report, the office fell into a deathly silence.

Susui, Arima and others, whose faces are full of shock and other emotions, look at me, I look at you, and look at each other...

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The author Jun said before that the case of Granny Ping has a realistic prototype.

The author of Qingdeng's report is a complete copy of the reasoning made by the police in the prototype case.So don't argue with me that Qingdeng's reasoning is unreasonable.In the prototype case, the police reasoned like this - because the victim and the perpetrator had been in the same room late at night for too long, the two should have known each other. Compared with a vendetta, it was more likely to be a murder of love. search range.

Regarding the prototype case of Granny Ping's murder, the author posted it in the "Writer's Words" below, and anyone who is interested can go and have a look.

　The author has seen that some readers have already seen which case the prototype of this case is.

　　The prototype of Granny Ping’s case was a homicide case in Shengzhou in 2017.

　　You can search for "Shengzhou Grandma Zhang" to learn more.

　　The circumstances of this case are worse than that of Granny Ping.

　　The perpetrator has liked the victim since he was young, and he still harassed the victim after his confession was rejected, and he continued to harass the victim after the victim was married, and he was honest only after being punished by the victim.

　　The perpetrator waited for nearly 70 years, until he and the victim were both in their 90s, and finally survived until the victim's husband died.

　　After waiting for more than 70 years, the perpetrator who felt that he finally had another chance ran to the victim one night. The victim did not know the perpetrator's intentions and thought it was an old friend's visit, so he invited him into the house. The two chatted for a while. , the perpetrator confessed again, but was rejected again, and in a fit of anger, he brutally killed the poor mother-in-law.

　　The police mistakenly thought it was a vendetta at first, and after repeated investigations, they failed to find out why, so they had to invite the detective known as "Zhou Gong": Zhou Xianren to assist in handling the case.

　　After Zhou Xianren came, the first thing he did was to check the electric meter.

　　Based on the electricity consumption in the victim's home, he saw that the victim used a lot of electricity on the night when he was killed, so he boldly speculated that the victim and the perpetrator knew each other, and they chatted together in the house for a long time that night. That's why so much electricity was used. It wasn't like a vendetta but more like a love murder. The search area was quickly narrowed down and the criminal was caught in one go.

　　
　
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