sjar Chapter 382: Finding the murder weapon that burned Tiezhu to death
Chapter 382: Finding the murder weapon that burned Tiezhu to death
When Lu Qingchen rushed back, he found Qin Miaoxi standing at the intersection in a daze.
"What's wrong? Did the little woman do something strange?"
"No, she just went to visit a grave."
Lu Qingchen's mouth twitched. Going to the grave in the dark is really a unique hobby.
"Shitou was much more normal. He fell asleep as soon as he got home. I searched his clothes and house, but I didn't find any extra silver. He only had a dozen copper coins on him."
He couldn't help but sigh, "Even with this little money, he still doesn't forget to please women. I see he'll either die in a gambling den or on a woman's belly."
"Don't worry about them, let's get down to business first!"
Now that both suspects are cleared, the only one left is the village chief who appears at night.
"Let's go up the mountain."
The two of them walked with ease to the hillside where the bronze bull was located. The swaying shadows of the trees in the moonlight were reflected on the bronze bull in layers, making it look a little weird.
"The villagers revere the Bull God, and the village chief is the most reverent. If he saw the bronze bull being damaged, he would definitely be furious."
"When people are angry, they will do some subconscious behaviors, which can be used as an opportunity to find out if he is the real murderer."
Lu Qingchen hesitated, "But this is a bronze statue worshipped by the villagers. Wouldn't it be bad if we destroyed it?"
"You stubborn idiot, I just said that the villagers would see something bad, when did I say that the damage was real?"
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Seeing his puzzled look, Qin Miaoxi sighed, "They moved the real bronze statue away, leaving behind some broken fragments, making people mistakenly believe that the bronze bull was destroyed."
She looked around. "There are woods and mountains around here, so it wouldn't be hard to hide a bronze bull."
"But it's hard to move the bronze bull!"
Lu Qingchen rubbed his brows as he looked at the several-meter-tall bronze bull. Even if seven or eight more people came, they would probably not be able to move it at all.
"I tried, but it can't be moved because its four hooves are fixed to the ground, and the bull's belly is hollow, so it's not as heavy as I imagined."
Okay, whatever my wife says is what it goes.
Lu Qingchen rolled up his sleeves and immediately got to work with his strong execution ability.
He grabbed one of the legs of the bronze bull and pulled it up with all his strength. A quarter of an hour passed, but the bronze bull didn't move at all, and he was sweating profusely.
He slumped down on the ground, panting. "No, it's too heavy. I can't move it."
Qin Miaoxi handed him a pill and said, "Replenish..."
Lu Qingchen swallowed it without saying a word, blinking blankly.
"Physical."
She came to the four legs of the bronze bull and knocked on them for a while. When she stood up to move it, the bull's body was as easy as a feather as she lifted one leg.
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Lu Qingchen rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He was afraid that he was hallucinating. When did his wife become a strong woman?
"What are you standing there for? Come and help me."
"Come on, come on."
Lu Qingchen lifted the bronze bull's hind legs. Although it was quite heavy, it was still within his tolerance.
"Where to go?"
"follow me."
Qin Miaoxi moved towards the place she had already found, and there was a clanging sound coming from the bronze bull.
"Is there water in the bronze bull?"
"Maybe it's the dew that condensed during the night."
Passing through the dense woods, the two were blocked by branches.
Lu Qingchen climbed up the tree trunk using both hands and feet, and comforted her, "I can cut off the branches and get through."
In just a few strokes, he cut off the branch, but he himself fell down as well.
thump~
He fell heavily on the back of the bronze bull, grimacing in pain.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, something's wrong." Lu Qingchen held his waist with a pale face, "Wife, I may not be able to give you happiness in the future!"
Qin Miaoxi was stunned at first, and when she came to her senses, she threw a stone at him in annoyance.
"No, what is this?"
"what happened?"
"There are some mottled marks on the cow's back, which don't look like they were left by rust."
Lu Qingchen stepped back to the cow's butt and bent over to check. His nails scratched on it, making a harsh sound. With a "click", he lifted up a piece of iron.
Qin Miaoxi's heart trembled, "Is it a door?"
She searched for a long time but couldn't find any door on the bronze bull, so she thought it was a whole.
"Yes, you should go and see it for yourself!" Lu Qingchen covered his mouth and nose tightly, and his voice changed.
Qin Miaoxi flashed into the air and landed lightly on the cow's head. When she looked down, she saw the holes on the cow's back. They were the uneven parts that looked like spine bones, and the fishy smell came towards her.
found it.
She stuck her head in to look inside, but it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything. Lu Qingchen lit a torch and headed towards the cave.
Qin Miaoxi grabbed his wrist and asked sternly, "What are you doing?"
"So you can see it more clearly."
"It's full of corpse oil. Do you want to burn us to death?"
"Corpse...corpse oil?"
Qin Miaoxi reached her hand in. The inner wall was astringent carbon ash, and further down was greasy corpse oil. Inside, she felt something.
A knife and a half-burned piece of cloth?
"The knife belongs to Tiezhu, and there's a name engraved on it." Lu Qingchen exclaimed in horror, "Tiezhu was stuffed in here and burned to death."
It turns out this is the weapon that can burn Tiezhu to death!
The murder weapon was found, but whose was the piece of cloth?
The murderer's?
"It must have been left behind by the murderer when he killed Tiezhu. We are so lucky to have found a key clue."
"Then can you follow this clue to find his owner?"
"That's not difficult." Lu Qingchen boasted, "I'm the young marquis of the capital. I've seen all kinds of materials. As long as I take it back to the city and ask, I'll know who the buyer is."
Qin Miaoxi raised an eyebrow, "Is one day enough?"
Lu Qingchen smiled confidently and said, "No, one hour is enough."
"I'm waiting for your good news."
There was silence all night, and the next day, screams that resounded through the sky were heard from the mountain.
"Village Chief, Village Chief, something bad has happened. The Bull... The Bull God has disappeared."
The village chief ran out anxiously, "What did you say? Did you see the Bull God? Isn't he on the mountain?"
"The bronze statue of the Bull God is gone. Only its hooves and some fragments remain on the ground." The villagers clasped their hands together and chanted, "Amitabha, please bless us, gods, and please don't bring disaster upon our village!"
The village chief cursed and ran up the mountain in panic.
The villagers followed closely behind, shouting, "Village chief, shoes, shoes!"
The villagers who brought the message ran all the way over. The villagers had already heard his shouting and rushed up the mountain to find out what was going on.
At this time, the bronze bull halfway up the mountain had long disappeared, and the ground was covered with broken fragments.
Many villagers cried and fell to the ground, "It's over, our village is finished."
"The Bull God doesn't want us anymore. Someone must have blasphemed the Bull God."
"Yes, it's those two outsiders. It's all their fault."
"The village chief is right. We should kill them and offer sacrifice to the gods."
Amid the outrage, the village chief crawled over, and when he saw the empty ground, he rushed over like a madman.
"How could this happen? Where did the Bull God go?"
As the chaotic noise gradually dissipated, he sat alone beside the bronze bull, his back slightly hunched, his eyes blank, and he looked distraught.
Qin Miaoxi, hiding in the dark, observed everything carefully, but noticed a smile that flashed across the corner of his mouth.
Smile! ?
Is he happy?