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Chapter 358 Ask the villagers to find the murderer
"As for whether you want to believe it or not, it depends on your own judgment. I won't interfere, how about it? That's fine! I don't think this matter will cause any loss to you, does it?"

Chen Yi said with a good temper.

Daquan wanted to say something this time, but was stopped by Fang Zi next to him.

The village head's son directly agreed.

"Can any of you tell me who first discovered the death of the village chief?"

Daquan stood up, pointed to the people behind him and said, "We found out when we went there. We found out that the rain had stopped in the morning, so we came to ask the village chief about something, but there was no response after knocking for a long time. It doesn't feel right."

Chen Yi asked with some doubts: "It's so early in the day, what do you want to ask the village chief? Don't you worry about disturbing his rest?"

Daquan looked back at Fang Zi, as if he didn't know what to say or not.

Chen Yi said directly: "Let's cooperate now and tell what we know, so that we can rule out your suspicions. You don't want to be suspected of being a murderer either!"

Only then did Daquan say with a guilty conscience: "I just want to ask the village chief how to deal with you and whether you need to make some preparations."

Chen Yi nodded and said to himself.

"It seems that you often do such things. Did you kill all the pedestrians who stayed overnight?"

Although his tone was casual, Chen Yi looked at Daquan with sharp eyes, and he realized that none of these people seemed easy to break through, and the only one who liked to talk was Daquan.

Of course, Chen Yi didn't believe everything Da Quan said, these people were not simple.

"No, we don't kill people. You're thinking wrong. If we didn't know that you are an official, we wouldn't do anything to you. How could we do it to ordinary people?! You don't want to swear."

Chen Yi frowned, and grasped the key words in Daquankou, what does this mean?
They specifically picked passing officials to do it?

Chen Yi's heart skipped a beat, seeing Daquan's words made the surrounding villagers a little nervous.

He calmly pretended not to understand, and complained, "It's better to be like what you said, otherwise people who have killed people will be addicted, and you will all be suspicious."

After Chen Yi finished speaking, he came to the bed and said to Fang Xuan behind him, "Master, come and have a look and help me with the autopsy."

I didn't do this before because when he came, there were already many people at the scene, and it was very difficult to preserve any important clues. Now I also want to know if there is anything useful on the corpse.

"This former clerk of the yamen will conduct an autopsy, so if you have no objections, we will wait for the final autopsy results. Come and see me, I have something to ask you."

Chen Yi walked out first, and continued to ask questions after everyone else came to the yard.

"Which of you was the last to see the village chief last night? Tell us about the situation."

Chen Yi pointed at Fang Zi: "Speak first!"

"After the village chief said to let you go last night, we dispersed and went home. Daquan and the others were with me. We all live very close to each other. They can prove it."

Chen Yi nodded: "Call out the people with you and stand here."

Then the young people around Fang Zi came out and stood beside him.

Chen Yi took a look. There were seven people in total, that is, the few who found the village chief dead together in the morning. It seemed that these people had been mixing together and were inseparable.

He didn't say anything, and turned to look at the village head's son: "Tell me about what happened last night."

"It's almost the same as what Fang Zi said. After you were released, my uncles and I discussed your matters with my father. At first I didn't agree, so we asked my father, and then Let’s go back to bed separately.”

Chen Yi looked at the village chief's son suspiciously: "You don't live with the village chief? Where is your defense?"

Chen Yi is skeptical about this. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a village like theirs to live alone while the elders are still alive.

Even if they become relatives, they still need brothers to live together, how could they live apart?
Especially in such a remote village, this is a bit unreasonable.

Also, the son of the village chief got the news after him and rushed over in a hurry, something is wrong, Daquan and the others are looking for him in such a big battle.

How could other people in the village have not received the news.

Logically speaking, shouldn't Daquan and the others notify the people in the village immediately before they come to trouble themselves?
It turned out that the exact opposite was the case.

Therefore, Chen Yi looked at the village chief's son and waited for the next sentence.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across the face of the village chief's son, and he secretly glanced at Chen Yi, who happened to meet Chen Yi's gaze.

"I didn't live with my father. I had conflicts in the early years, so I moved out. Later, after the relationship eased, I didn't move back, so I kept living apart like this. It is impossible for me to kill my father. It's my dad!"

Chen Yi said very calmly: "I know, you don't need to get excited, I just want to understand the situation, why did you come so late this morning? What did you do, is there anyone who can prove it?"

"I got up late in the morning. When I was eating, I heard the noise in the village. I didn't pay attention to it at first. I thought it was Daquan and the others looking for you, so I didn't go out. Then I heard Something happened to my dad."

When the village chief's son said this, there was a hint of sadness and guilt flashing through his voice.

Doesn't look like a liar.

"My daughter-in-law can prove it, and so can my second uncle. His house is next door to mine. I cleaned up the yard in the morning and said hello to my second uncle."

The village chief's son said that the second uncle he was talking about stepped forward, stood up and nodded, indicating that it was so.

Chen Yi had never seen this second uncle last night.

He thought that in the village, it was all the village chief said, forget it, and there were no other elders who could make decisions.

But when he looked at this submissive second uncle, his thoughts were churning.

"Who lives in these two courtyards, are they here now?"

Chen Yi pointed to the yards of two neighbors on the left and right of the village head, and asked the people present. Two people came out of the crowd, one was behind Fangzi, and the other was behind the village son.

The young one said: "This is my home. I have been following Fang Zi and Daquan. I didn't kill the village chief, and I wouldn't dare!"

(End of this chapter)