One morning in the midsummer this year, a man's body was found under Hualong Bridge in Leihe River. Hong Xiang did not dare to neglect the newspaper, and immediately led the forensic doctor and the police to the scene.
Lei River is a major river that runs through the city, and Hualong Bridge is in the suburb of the county. When they arrived, the scene was already crowded with onlookers, and two or three security policemen who arrived first were maintaining order.
After the body was salvaged ashore, Hong Xiang looked forward and was taken aback. The deceased turned out to be Wu Xin, the general affairs chief of the county office.
Hong Xiang examined the body carefully and found a red cloth tied around the neck of the body and tied a fast knot at the back of the neck. The corpse put his hands on his chest, his wrists were tied with cloth, and his palms were knotted. He seems to be holding something in his palm, and there are black mud on his soles and shoes.
The autopsy results of the forensic doctor came out soon: there was no damage on the body surface and the cause of death was drowning. The time of death was about last night.
"This is suicide." Hong Xiang whispered to Xiao Han Wen.
Xiao Hanwen nodded and said, "There is no injury on the body surface. If you drown after entering the water before you die, you should commit suicide. "
Then, the two men discussed it. Xiao Dai went to the scene, but went to the county government office to report to Huang Qingyang and let his family accept the body. After all, Wu Xin is run by the county government.
After hearing Hong Xiang's report, Huang Qingyang was livid and said angrily, "Wu Xin won't commit suicide. He must have been murdered. "
Hong Xiang said: "If it is murder, Beizhi will try his best to solve the case."
Huang Qingyang paced back and forth in the room, saying, "It's murder. I can tell you responsibly that it must be murder. Why do you say that? He is my chief of general affairs, and now the 6,543,800 yuan he is responsible for repairing the river bank is gone. What do you mean it's not murder? "
"Ah-"Hong Xiang was surprised and said, "Is that1000000 taels of silver gone?"
He Lei levee is in disrepair and is in jeopardy. After Huang Qingyang came to power, he set up the Dike Bureau, which was responsible for building the embankment. This spring, I tried my best to raise 6.5438+0.2 million silver from the gentry and the people, and planned to repair the dike. This is the hard-earned money of Leiyang people, and it is also the money to protect family and life.
Huang Qingyang said angrily: "Director Xiang, I will give you three days to solve the case quickly, catch the murderer and get the money back. Otherwise, I can't explain it to the people of the county. "
After coming back from the county magistrate's office, I immediately called Xiao to discuss countermeasures. After thinking hard, Xiao Hanwen said, "There is a place where you may find clues about silver."
Hearing this, Hong Xiang quickly asked, "Go ahead, where?"
The novel, "Money House. How to hide and carry the huge sum of 1 Wanliang? It is safe to change it into a silver ticket. "
Hong Xiang immediately asked Xiao to take a group of agents to the banks in the county to inquire whether Wu Xin had exchanged silver for silver tickets.
The next morning, Boss Li of Datong Bank was taken to the police station. Boss Li said that one day in the early summer of this year, Wu Xin, the general affairs chief of the county government, went to his bank to deposit money and took it out in a few days. Wu Xin said that he wanted a national silver ticket. At first, boss Li disagreed, and the two had an argument. A pile of miscellaneous silver was exchanged for a hard silver ticket. Of course, boss Li didn't want to, but in the face of arrogant Wu Xin, he finally had to submit to humiliation.
Hong Xiang's heart tightened, and the silver was converted into a silver ticket by Wu Xin. Now that the silver ticket is gone, was he really killed for money? Hong Xiang could not sit still. After discussing the case with Xiao, they arrived at Wu Xin's hometown Fengli Village, Guiyang County by bus overnight.
At noon on the third day, the two rushed back. As soon as they entered the police station, a policeman reported to Hong Xiang that the county magistrate told him to go to the county office at once. He immediately made some arrangements for Xiao, and then led a group of policemen to the county office.
Hong Xiang came to the county government and found several prominent gentry in the county and director Chen of Dike Bureau sitting in Huang Qingyang's office.
When Huang Qingyang saw Hong Xiang, he eagerly asked, "Director Xiang, did you catch the murderer? Listen, everyone is asking me where Liang Yin is. I ask you now, have you got the money back? "
Hong Xiang shook his head and said, "No."
Huang Qingyang was furious and said, "You have neglected your duty, so I will fire you. I made you chief of police to solve crimes and catch murderers, not to have fun. If you can't even solve a case, why should you be the chief of police? Go away! "
After Huang Qingyang's anger was exhausted, Hong Xiang said quietly: "Governor Huang, because there is no murderer in this case, it was not homicide, but suicide."
S Qingyang was shocked and immediately shouted: "How can there be no murderer? 1000000 where is the silver? Is to kill and rob money. Besides, he is still alive and well. Why did he kill himself? Why? "
Hong Xiang said, "listen to me slowly explain the mystery of Wu Xin's death. After the confession, if you want to withdraw my post, I will leave immediately. "
Huang Qingyang panted and sat down at his desk, saying, "OK, OK, let's all listen to his explanation and see what high flyers of this school of political science and law has unique insights."
When the gentry and director Chen heard that it was not homicide but suicide, they couldn't help whispering to each other. Hong Xiang talked about it with others and said slowly, "When we found the body, the body's hands were tied and a red cloth was tied around its neck. Autopsy results showed that there was no injury on the body surface, including the wrist. Being tied to your hand doesn't even have a ligature mark, which means that the tie is not tight and the deceased has not struggled. "
Director Chen interjected: "That only means that he may have tied it himself. Then how did he tie himself? "
Hong Xiang said: "The cloth that tied the hands was completely removed by the forensic doctor of the police station. The process of taking it down has already explained his binding method. First kill the cloth to form a circle, then put your right hand into the circle, wrap the cloth three times, and then put your left hand into it. If the left hand goes around three times, it will be a little tight, and you can't get in, so you can only pull out two traps with your left hand. In this way, the left hand makes two laps and the right hand makes three laps. The most important thing is that this binding method leads to the knot of the cloth on the inside and is held by the deceased. It is very difficult to form such a knot if it is tied by others. I have checked the body, and the deceased was holding something in his hand, actually holding a knot. "
A gentleman asked, "Why did he tie his hands and then jump into the river to commit suicide?"
Hong Xiang said: "In order to avoid suicide, you can save yourself instinctively. It can be seen that the will of the deceased to commit suicide is very firm. He jumped straight into the river and went straight into the water. This can be confirmed by the mud on his soles, which is the mud at the bottom of the river. If it is horizontal or inclined, his soles cannot directly touch the bottom of the river. "
Huang Qingyang craned his neck from behind the table and asked, "Then let me ask you, what does it mean to tie a red cloth around your neck?" Didn't the real killer want to strangle him? "
Shaking his head, he said, "This problem once bothered me. I didn't unveil Group I until inspector Xiao and I arrived in Fengli Village, Guiyang County, Wu Xin's hometown last night." Hearing this, everyone could not help but hold their breath to listen to him.
Hong Xiang said: "After we arrived at Fengli Village overnight, we learned from the local people that there is a special custom in this village, or a folklore!" If a person who commits suicide by jumping into the river refuses to let go until he dies, he will tie his hands and a red belt around his neck when he dies, and then he can become a ghost and continue to do that ... "
"So that's it!" Hearing this, everyone can't help talking loudly.
At this time, Huang Qingyang snapped: "Director Xiang, you said that Wu Xin did not kill him, but committed suicide. You can't do anything for yourself, and you can't catch the real murderer! " Let me ask you, why did he kill himself? "
Hong Xiang stared at him and said, "This is about to ask you. I think so, too. After the 1 10,000 silver for repairing the river bank was changed into a silver ticket by Wu Xin, you pocketed it. He can't get the silver ticket, but he can't find the evidence that you own. An accident is about to happen to him, and he can only get rid of death in all kinds of fears. "
"Nonsense!" Huang Qingyang shivered. "How can I get 1 two thousand pieces of silver? What evidence do you have? This is slander, I want to fire you! "
Hong Xiang primly said, "before you fire me, I will perform the duties of the police chief for the last time, that is, search the county purlin and find the evidence you want. Come-"
At the moment, led a team of policemen rushed in. Hong Xiang said: "Search, search carefully, don't let go of any corner."
Han Xiaowen waved, and several policemen immediately opened their desks and searched the filing cabinets. He personally led two policemen into the bedroom inside. Huang Qingyang turned white when he saw this posture. He grabbed Hong Xiang by the collar and tried to calm himself down. "What are you doing?" he asked. I am the county magistrate. What right do you have to search my room? "
Hong Xiang shook off his hand and said, "Don't forget, I am still the police chief, and I have this power ..."
Suddenly, Xiao ran out of the bedroom, raised a big stack of silver tickets in his hand and shouted happily, "Director Xiang, the silver tickets have been found, all stamped with the stamp of Datong Bank and hidden in the pillow on the bed."
Hearing this, Huang Qingyang suddenly collapsed to the ground.
Hong Xiang turned to Director Chen of the Dike Bureau and said, "Director Chen, go and count the silver tickets to see if there is 1 20,000." Director Chen immediately got up, took the silver ticket from his small hand, counted it, and said, "Yes, it is 1 ten thousand."
Hong Xiang nodded and said, "Well, I will give you this 1 10,000 silver ticket in front of several old gentlemen in this county. I hope that you will start repairing the river embankment at once, and don't wait for the flood to come and let the people suffer. "
Director Chen nodded solemnly: "Director Xiang, don't worry, I'll do it right away." Hong Xiang smiled wryly and said, "Don't call me chief. From now on, I am no longer the police chief. Goodbye everyone! "
Say that finish, contemptuously looked at Huang Qingyang collapsed on the ground, led the small step and went out. On the same day, they left Leiyang and went to Guangzhou to find Dr. Sun Yat-sen. ..