Jing Mo had never seen this person's appearance before, but he didn't know him at all, so Jing Hei looked back at Nie Xiaoman, wanting to confirm it.

Nie Xiaoman's face showed an expression of surprise. His eyes were flickering, his masseter muscles were tense, and it was rare that he still remained calm. Xiao Man's hands were inserted in the sleeves of his shirt, indicating that he would never act rashly.

Hu Defu also stood beside him, staring at the man and woman without blinking.

A moment later the man seemed to have negotiated a price with a cart, and the servants had loaded the bags into the cart. The man opened the door of the carriage and let the woman into the carriage first.

Then he said a word to the coachman, and he bent down and stepped into the carriage, ready to get into the carriage. At this time, Nie Xiaoman's unpredictable movements suddenly came unexpected-"Come like thunder to stop anger, just like the river and the sea condense the light." The poems can describe Xiaoman's state at that time. Before the man could close the door of the car, Nie Xiaoman had already jumped in front of the car.

Nie Xiaoman shouted: "Niu Afu! - Stop me! ”

Niu Afu? Odd!

Jing Mo felt that not only did he not know the situation, but he could be said to be completely confused! Nie Xiaoman continued to speak to the man in the carriage.

"Alas, I'm sorry, I deserve to call you a cow and a wise man now! Isn't it? Alas, surnamed Niu, where are you going, it looks like you're going to go far away? I'm sorry, I can't help but spoil your interest this time! Please get out of the car and talk! I don't think you can leave today! ”

When Nie Xiaoman said these words, one of his hands had already been placed on the coachman's shoulder. Hu Defu had already rushed to the front to stop the movement of the four-wheeled mule coachman. Jing Mo stood behind Nie Xiaoman's shoulder, trying to spy on the expressions and attitudes of the people in the car.

I saw that the man's forehead was exposed with green tendons, his eyes were open, and his mouth was wide open, revealing two rows of white teeth inlaid with scarlet blood gums. His state of horror was like that of an angry trapped beast in its final struggle. At the same time, his right hand seemed to have a series of movements, and Jing Mo couldn't help but exclaim in surprise after a while.

Jing Mo shouted, "Be careful! He's got a weapon! Nie Xiaoman, you're one"

However, Nie Xiaoman's actions were faster than Jing Mo's call, and he saw Nie Xiaoman raise his right hand, and with a "dang chang", a short gun had fallen from the carriage door to the ground. Nie Xiaoman bent down and calmly picked up the short gun from the ground, and turned back to Hu Defu.

At this time, there were already messengers who had been ambushed in advance, and they were emerging from everywhere. There were about seven or eight in total, Jing Mo turned his head and saw that Niu Yizhi had already been hit hard in the ribs a few times, curled up on the ground, saliva was so painful that it couldn't stop flowing out, holding his hands together, and kicking his legs non-stop.

Xiao Man commanded: "Brother Hu, this is the murder weapon." You should just go back in this carriage. This short gun, one can defend oneself, and the other is also important evidence in the case. There are a lot of people here, so we'll talk about anything else. If he's not honest, you can put it on his leg or arm. ”

That Niu Yizhi was the victim in the case, and in Jing Mo's consciousness, there was no doubt at all. Unexpectedly, the final result came to a big change, Niu Yizhi turned out to be the murderer; It was another person who was killed.

This was obviously completely unexpected by Jing Mo, but for what reason did Nie Xiaoman alone be able to expose this farce? At this time, Su Jingmo was absolutely unguessed except for surprise. So as soon as the two returned to Jinling Xiaoman's gluttonous cat study, Jingmo hurriedly asked him to explain.

According to Nie Xiaoman's own words, he never thought of the trick of changing corpses. However, he had some doubts when he saw that the corpse's state had moved, that the dead man's clothes were not stained with much blood, and that the pair of sprinkling shoes on his feet seemed to be a little too short. But this is just a temporary suspicion that cannot be solved, and Xiao Man has never suspected the replacement of corpses. His only point to solve the case was on the Taihang dog.

Xiaoman explained: "I have long thought that the disappearance of Cang'er is the key to the whole case. We have assumed that the reason why Cang'er was banned must have been because Niu Yizhi knew in advance that someone was seeking revenge, and prepared a strategy to deal with it, so that Cang'er was confined to avoid temporary bad things. Later, Cang'er broke out of the window, and it must have been because he heard the sound in the main house, so he frantically struggled out of the Savior. We can infer from the facts that when the dog escaped, it must have been when the case was in progress or just in time to be completed. At that time, Cang'er saw that since the master had been beaten to death, the murderer was bound not to flee far, how could it be calm and not bark? This is the first doubt. ”

"Well, that's really weird."

"It's hard for us to explain the blood at the gravel crossing. I also assumed that the blood was dog blood. But if the dog was injured and killed, why didn't the dog carcass? After committing the murder, the murderer did not destroy or hide the corpse of a person, and certainly did not remove the corpse of a dog alone. If the wound was slight, with only a little bleeding, and not enough to be fatal, then where did the injured dog go? And since the murderer intends to harm the dog, how can the dog not resist, why not bark and resist? Or suppose that after the dog is injured, it still has its hunting instinct and follows the murderer's trail, but as far as the dog's normal behavior is concerned, it will bark along the way, and it will never be silent. However, according to the results of the investigation, it is confirmed that Cang'er has never barked loudly. Because if the ears bark, it will inevitably attract neighboring dogs near and far to bark together. This is the second suspicion. ”

"What else?"

"And the wheel marks of the donkey cart, which came and went, and walked in two separate ways, which was also reasonably abnormal. Moreover, the woman's lack of genuine sorrow, but her conspicuous concealment, made me suspicious, but I could not yet decide where to start. ”

"What caused this turnaround?"

"So my expectation at that time, the first thing was to trace the traces of Cang'er, whether it was alive or dead after all, and whether it had ever been injured? Later, Pu Jiaoren reported the news that the dead dog had been found in the rice field, and all my mysteries were solved like a key. ”

"It seems that this fat man has really made a meritorious contribution now."

Xiaoman nodded: "I honestly admit that I think this Puxian lieutenant often has a problem of showing off his talents and flattering, so it can't help but cause me to get bored." Who knew that the whole course of the case was determined because of his report. Then, he really has merit to sell. ”

Nie Xiaoman smiled faintly, and continued: "Since I knew that the dog died in the rice field at the turn of the road, and was not buried there, and I saw the bird bullet wound on the dog's body, I specially took the villager Huang Si lame who found it, and personally went to the place where Cang'er was found to investigate. The ditch was on the side of the road, and there were a lot of blood stains on the side of the road, and it was obvious that Cang'er rolled into the ditch from the road. ”

"This loyal dog is also pitiful, regardless of life and death for the sake of his master, but he ended up like this."

"Well, I put my previous understanding together, and the truth before and after is completely clear. I expected that when Cang'er escaped, it must have been after the murder, when the murderer was just about to leave the house. When it reached the gravel intersection, it was wounded by the killer with a bird's gun, but it was injured on the hind foot of Cang'er, and only some blood was shed, so it was able to continue the pursuit. The murderer fled all the way in a donkey cart. Cang'er chased after him, and the murderer thought that he had killed the bird, so he was not aware at first; It wasn't until he reached the turn of the road that he realized that the dog was still behind. In order to escape, he attacked with a bird's gun, which killed the dog. This is the reason for my assumption that there were two bullet wounds, and that the first blow must have been on its hind foot. ”