The man scolded again, "Fuck! You're not good enough! I owe you a few little threads, sooner or later, I will have to pay you back! Today my cotton robe was eaten by that little cub! ”

Nie Xiaoman whispered to Hao Shoubei: "Don't talk to him, take him away." ”

Hao Shoubei waved his hand to the catcher who was following behind, and the catcher took a step forward and patted the back shoulder of the drunkard: "Come with me." ”

That Xie Lao Wu suddenly raised his fist and struck directly into the chest without saying a word. The catcher was defenseless, and his body shook backwards, almost falling. Then he lunged forward, and the two of them writhed together. Xie Lao Wu suddenly freed up one hand and pulled out a snowy short knife from his waist. Hao Shoubei and Feng Zizhou also hurriedly pounced when they saw it. After a while, the short knife that Xie Lao Wu fell to the ground, and his body fell to the ground. Hao Shoubei took out a rope and tied Xie Lao Wu's two hands tightly, and Xie Lao Wu was still screaming and scolding in his mouth.

Hao Shoubei was quite impatient, and when he walked up, he kicked Xie Lao Wu heavily, and Xie Lao Wu immediately couldn't scold, shrunk his body into a ball, and his eyes were closed and twitched in pain.

Nie Xiaoman said: "Hao Shoubei, you take the carriage and leave first, and we will come later." I still have a little bit to do. Brother Zizhou, Jingmo, let's go together...... By the way, Jing Kui, thanks to you. Thank you for your guidance, there is nothing for you to do at this moment, you can go back to sleep comfortably. ”

Xiao Man said and took out a silver coin and slapped it into Jing Kui's hand. Jing Kui saw that it was white silver, and he was arching and making a gesture before he went with a thousand thanks.

When the three of them walked out of Yizhiyuan, Nie Xiaoman briefly explained that he relied on several evidences, so he assumed that there was a murderer like Xie Lao Wu. Xiaoman asked Hao Shoubei for help, and then checked the name and address of the fifth Xie from Jing Kui, who was watching the street. He had inquired with the second landlord at No. 32, West Fourth Lane, and knew that Xie Lao Wu had not worked for two days, so he guessed that he was going home this day, but unexpectedly, Xie Lao Wu suddenly felt relieved to go to the pig killing shop to resume work, so there were many twists and turns.

Nie Xiaoman and a few others returned to Shang's house to see Wang Jinchuan, according to Shang Jinchuan, her mother was being treated by gastric lavage, and her consciousness had not yet recovered, and Lang Zhong was not sure if there was any hope of coming back to life. Nie Xiaoman told Shang Jinchuan the news of catching Xie Lao Wu, and told her to wait for her mother to wake up, explaining that this matter had nothing to do with Shang Chongming.

Later, when the three of them came to Jinlingwei, Hao Shoubei was busy coming out to entertain, and after everyone sat down in the reception room, Hao Shoubei suddenly let out a sigh of relief.

Then he said: "Lord Nie, this matter has caused a lot of trouble, but unexpectedly, it is just a disaster caused by such a hateful bastard. He had fully admitted it, but he was very drunk at the moment. It can be difficult for an adult to ask him. ”

After a while, two messengers helped a drunk man in a short black coat and walked to the porch of the reception room and stopped.

That person was a black-faced pockmark, taller than Nie Xiaoman, with a pair of round eyes looking at people in a daze, thick black eyebrows, and thick lips, all showing that his character must be brutal and cruel on weekdays. The black cloth jacket of his placket, the cuffs and the chest were unusually filthy with a shiny gloss. At this time, saliva was dripping from the corners of his mouth, and he was muttering something in his mouth. His speech was unclear, Jing Mo listened carefully, but he still couldn't figure it out for a while.

It seems to be saying something: "Mrs. Shang has let me go!" …… I'm willing to go to court! …… You can't blow my head! ，… Ay! If I fight again, you can cut off my legs. I don't blame you! ”

It seems that under such circumstances, if you want him to confess his sins in an orderly manner, it must not be possible. Nie Xiaoman then ordered to help him inside, let him sit down, and asked the catchers to take a few cold cloth towels, forcibly put them on his forehead, and gave him a few bowls of hot water. It took Nie Xiaoman more than half an hour to investigate and understand the history of his crime step by step.

This time, there was no need for Xiaoman's orders, Jing Mo came to the pen and ink again, and made the following records, ready to be used in the court in the future.

It turned out that this Xie Lao Wu was originally a gambler who played horse hanging, and he was deeply enchanted. Two months ago, he had stolen the head of a dead man from the broken coffin in the field next to the Dazhong Bridge, put it next to his pillow, and had a dream in which he watched and sang the empty city plan in the theater, and later won thirty yuan and cut off the superstition of cutting off the head of the dead to pray for a dream, which was indeed very popular among the people who beat the horse and hang it.

This kind of horrific crime was often seen by Jing Mo in the report of the Jinling Criminal Department before. Xie Lao Wu won money by accident last time, and he believed in the magic of praying for dreams more and more. On the twenty-third day, when it was about to dawn, he returned to rest from his work in the pig slaughtering shop. When he walked into the alley, he saw the front door of Shang's house open.

Xie Lao Wu walked over to take a look, only to know that a person had died. At this time, he suddenly remembered to pray for a dream with the head of the newly deceased, which was even more effective. At that time, he saw the little maid Chunlan raise her head and doze against the wall, and there was no second person in the hall. And he mustered his courage and crept into the hall. He walked behind Bai Aya, took out the sharp knife he had brought with him to cut pork, and cut off Shang Qin's head on the door.

He untied his girdle again, wrapped the dead man's head, and quietly withdrew. As he walked through the patio, he stole some lime for the corpse and returned to his own quarters.

When he returned home, he hid his head in a half-used official suitcase, and applied lime to the corpse to prevent it from rotting, and then he lay down to analyze his dreams. As a result, he only dreamed of a pig, and when he got up, he went to the gambling game to continue to play horses, but lost three dollars.

On the night of the twenty-third he had another dream, in which he dreamed of a woman dressed in red. So on the 24th, he went to gamble with the famous gambling leader Tianluo Ruan Xiaoqi, and lost two hangs of money borrowed from the landlord. He was a little scared. Why doesn't this dead man's head work? However, he was also superstitious about a dead man's head, which had three miracle effects, so on the night of the 24th, he still put the official suitcase beside his pillow, and prayed sincerely for a while, hoping to have a dream of good results.

That night he dreamed of a monkey, so he pledged his cotton robe for two more hangings, and went to hunt horses again. Unexpectedly, when it was revealed on the evening of the 25th, he lost the same money, and then he regretted it. After all, after cutting off someone's corpse, no matter what, there is always some faint uneasiness and fear in my heart. At this time, he was frightened by remorse, and he panicked for a while, and wanted to throw his head into some field, but at last he was uneasy, so he took the official suitcase where the corpse was hidden, and sent it back to the back door of Shang's house.

At that time, he happened to see the back door of Shang's house open, so he simply sent the official suitcase into the back door. Later, he went to a friend's house for a while to drink, and then returned to the pig killing house to continue killing pigs, only to be caught by his own group.

On the evening of the 23rd, he went to the back door of Shang's house to inquire once, but he did not see any movement. He was a little surprised, how could the Shang family have lost their bodies, and they didn't do anything. So on the morning of the 24th, he went to the back door of Shang's house for the second time to inquire, and happened to bump into Shang Yuanji coming out of it, so he hurriedly fled.

The above is the process of solving the five crimes.