After finding the body.
Dugu Pian Shu quickly and humbly asked:
“May I ask, how did the three of you know the body was hidden in the clay figure?”
Wang Lin revealed the key point:
“Generally, criminals will use their professional strengths to dispose of the body. If the body can’t be found in the front shop or the back yard, then it must be in the clay figure. You just need to look for the clay figures that haven’t completely dried, and you can roughly determine where the body is.”
Hearing this.
Dugu Pian Shu suddenly realized: “So that’s it? Then why did you say there were two bodies?”
Wang Lin then said: “Firstly, Chun Shan has testimony that tomb robber Lu Er was killed by Dugu Yang. Secondly, Lou Qing Niao has provided a clue – Lou Qing Tai had a grudge against Ma Huai and also hated Dugu Yang. That night, he went to the antique shop and then disappeared! Based on the relationship between the Lou siblings, since they have been missing for so long, they are most likely dead.”
Speaking of this.
Wang Lin couldn’t help but complain:
“Good heavens, that night at the antique shop, it was livelier than a vegetable market.”
To this.
Dugu Pian Shu and all the constables nodded in agreement, deeply agreeing.
Next,
To avoid destroying more clues.
They waited until the next day, when the light was bright.
Only then did they officially begin examining the two bodies.
At the same time.
Because there was a brawl on the street the night before, many people came out early in the morning to see the excitement.
Soon,
The number of people in front of the antique shop increased.
As the constables brought Chun Shan and Lu Da to point out the tomb robber’s body.
Ying Tao and Mei Er also brought Lou Qing Niao.
Chun Shan recognized the tomb robber at a glance, Lu Da cried even harder, and Qing Niao almost collapsed on the spot. Her father had just died, and now her brother was dead too. Suddenly, she became alone and helpless. The tragedy she suffered moved everyone.
After Su Wu Ming conducted the autopsy.
He concluded that tomb robber Lu Er’s body had a fatal stab wound in the back, and the time of death was Hai Shi. This was consistent with Chun Shan’s testimony.
As for Lou Qing Tai’s body, the preliminary examination revealed that there were marks on the neck, suggesting that he had engaged in a violent fight with someone before he died.
At this time.
Ma Huai in the crowd watched this scene.
He suddenly let out a bitter laugh.
He left the front of the antique shop in a daze.
After returning to the mutton pancake shop, he asked his shopkeepers to call the managers of all the branches together, promising to give away free pancakes from the shop to the people for three days.
After that.
He went to the county government office door, feeling utterly hopeless, and struck the complaint drum and surrendered himself.
When faced with Dugu Pian Shu’s questioning.
He confessed that he was the one who killed Lou Qing Tai.
The night before.
He went to deliver clay to Dugu Yang, but he ran into Lou Qing Tai, who was looking for trouble with Dugu Yang. Lou Qing Tai insisted that he had poisoned his father Lou Li De with his pancakes, and that he had seen Dugu Yang accept his bribe with his own eyes. The two of them argued about this, and Ma Huai attacked Lou Qing Tai.
However, when asked about Lou Qing Tai’s symptoms when he ran away, he discovered that Lou Qing Tai was trying to catch his breath at the time.
When asked if Ma Huai had poisoned Lou Li De, Ma Huai denied it directly.
At this time.
Wang Lin brought the key witness Qing Niao.
With Ying Tao’s assistance, Qing Niao first pointed out that Dugu Yang had accepted Ma Huai’s silver ingot.
Ma Huai then revealed his experience of becoming Dugu Yang’s disciple – he wanted to learn about clay figures, and the silver ingot was the tuition fee!
But when they wanted him to say more.
He remained silent.
Because he had killed someone with his own hands, he had already made up his mind to die.
However, Wang Lin’s words injected life into him:
“Alright, I’ll tell you.”
“I specifically invited Physician Fei to treat Cao Hui last night, and just now, Cao Hui has discovered, through the Bai Mei Bing autopsy method, that it wasn’t the mark on the neck that truly caused Lou Qing Tai’s death, but the internal injuries in his abdomen!”
“Therefore, if what you said is true, then the murderer who killed Lou Qing Tai is someone else!”
Ma Huai instantly wiped away his tears.
He was a little dumbfounded and a little incredulous.
At this moment.
Lu Ling Feng, Su Wu Ming, Fei Ji Shi, and Pei Xi Jun were accompanying Cao Hui and Chun Tiao slowly coming from the direction of the morgue.
Su Wu Ming praised: “I am fortunate to be able to witness the Bai Mei Bing autopsy that Master Di mentioned today. Su admires this!”
Lu Ling Feng was also moved:
“This method reveals internal injuries on the surface of the body. The technique is brilliant. Lu Ling Feng admires it immensely!”
Cao Hui waved her hand: “The autopsy is related to justice in the world. I have done what I should do. Now I only ask that all the officers can quickly find the murderer who killed my son!”
Su Wu Ming: “Naturally, now that the case is becoming clearer, why don’t you watch the case from the sidelines, old man!”
Wang Lin patted Ma Huai: “In front of your master’s family, there are some things you can say now.”
As they interacted.
【（Blue）Mutton Pancakes: You have a talent for making mutton pancakes】
【（Blue）Honest Merchant: You conduct business with integrity】
【（Blue）Rash: Sometimes you act without thinking】
【Benevolence: 50】
【Favorability: 10】
So.
Ma Huai then revealed his experience of learning about clay figures from Dugu Yang. When he mentioned that he paid six silver ingots for his tuition, it was the same day that Dugu the coroner examined Lou Li De.
And at this moment.
When Cao Hui heard the name Lou Li De.
She seemed to suddenly remember something.
She also revealed a crucial clue. On the night Dugu Yang died, Dugu Yang asked her to re-examine Lou Li De’s body, and her conclusion was also that Lou Li De died of a heart attack!
There was no such thing as a coroner accepting a bribe to cover up the autopsy results!
Cao Hui’s words.
Qing Niao shed tears.
Because of her doubts and unwillingness to accept it, her brother had died like this!
But Ma Huai’s story continued.
When asked if learning about clay figures would increase the price.
Ma Huai decisively said: “Business is business, of course I will. But what I hope for is that there will be no more tomb robbers in the world, and for this reason, I opened many branches and gave my employees bonuses so that more people can have jobs and not be tempted by tomb robbing!”
Hearing this.
Wang Lin bowed to Ma Huai, expressing his respect: “Keep talking about that night. Did you go back to the antique shop?”
After that.
Ma Huai said that after he strangled Lou Qing Tai, he was scared away by a clap of thunder.
But after he was washed by the rain, he calmed down and decided to come back and take a look.
When he came back, he found that Lou Qing Tai was dead, so he was afraid and decided to hide Lou Qing Tai’s body in a clay figure.
Hearing this.
Wang Lin asked: “Ma Huai, did you see anyone else enter the shop when you entered and left?”
At this time.
Hearing Wang Lin’s question.
Lou Qing Niao choked back a sob and said that she had something to say.
With Ying Tao’s translation.
Lou Qing Niao pointed out that she had met Niu Da Ming when she was looking for her brother.
So.
Niu Da Ming entered the spotlight once again.
Now.
The Tang Gui team was complete.
A group of people were racking their brains.
Then, after a play of luring him out and then catching him, a scheme of letting him go and then catching him.
The escaped Niu Da Ming, along with a pile of valuable gold, silver, and jade, was caught.
In the courtroom.
Niu Da Ming’s face was ashen.
Facing Qing Niao’s accusation.
At first, Niu Da Ming wanted to accuse Qing Niao of framing him.
However, after Wang Lin punched him once, and dirty shoes stained with the clay from the antique shop were found at his home.
With both physical and circumstantial evidence.
Niu Da Ming finally came clean.
At first, Niu Da Ming only admitted that he had stolen from the antique shop.
But he didn’t admit to murder.
Only after Wang Lin punched him again and threatened him with torture.
Niu Da Ming confessed like this.
He met Lou Qing Tai while he was stealing, and Lou Qing Tai threatened Niu Qi Zhang with the thief, asking Niu Qi Zhang to stand up for him.
As a result, Niu Da Ming was cruel and violent, and he used clay to press on Lou Qing Tai.
He beat Lou Qing Tai to death.
And this.
Also matched the internal injuries in Lou Qing Tai’s abdomen.
After Niu Da Ming confessed.
Lou Qing Niao couldn’t stop herself from scratching Niu Da Ming.
Following Wang Lin’s instructions, Mei Er finally let go of Lou Qing Niao, and Niu Da Ming let out a string of screams.
However.
At present.
The perpetrators of the two deaths had been found.
The key was the death of Dugu the coroner?
Who killed him?
At this time.
Su Wu Ming sent someone to find Zhong Bo.
After a series of questions, seeing that Niu Da Ming deserved his punishment and that his revenge had been taken, Zhong Bo revealed the truth:
The coroner’s death was a suicide!
That day, he went to the antique shop to ask for some water, and Dugu the coroner told Zhong Bo about his suicide and asked him to point out Dong Hao Gu, the first person to arrive at the scene after his death.
However.
Because Zhong Bo had a grudge against Niu Da Ming.
He falsely accused Niu Da Ming.
Zhong Bo’s hatred for Niu Da Ming stemmed from Niu Da Ming’s embezzlement of the goods he was guarding, committing theft but blaming the theft on Zhong Bo’s good brother, Xun Bo, who was also a night watchman, resulting in Xun Bo being executed.
Zhong Bo, who knew all this, was powerless to stop it, so he falsely accused Niu Da Ming in the case of Dugu the coroner’s death.
With both physical and circumstantial evidence, including the enormous stolen goods from that case right in front of them, Niu Da Ming had no choice but to admit it.
Thus.
Everything came to light.
Wang Lin recounted the details of the coroner’s death after putting everything together:
That night.
Dugu Yang went drinking with Dugu Pian Shu.
When he left the antique shop, Chun Shan came to steal money first. After stealing some copper coins, he was startled by the noise of Ma Huai delivering clay in the back yard.
He fled in a hurry and went to the gambling house to gamble.
At the same time.
Lou Qing Tai entered the back yard of the antique shop to seek an explanation from Dugu Yang, and he ran into Ma Huai. The two of them argued, and Ma Huai strangled Lou Qing Tai before hurriedly leaving.
But Lou Qing Tai hadn’t died at the time.
Instead, he met Niu Da Ming, who had come to steal Dugu Xin’s multi-faceted seal.
He threatened Niu Da Ming with the theft, asking Niu Da Ming to help him, but Niu Da Ming beat him to death.
Niu Da Ming hurried out of the antique shop and was met by Qing Niao, who was looking for her brother. Qing Niao was scared away by Niu Da Ming.
After that.
Ma Huai regained consciousness and came back to check on Lou Qing Tai. Seeing that Lou Qing Tai was dead, he thought he had accidentally killed him, so he hid the body in a clay figure.
As Hai Shi approached, Dugu Yang finished his drinking session and returned to the antique shop.
At this time, tomb robber Lu Er came to the door.
On the other side, Chun Shan had lost all the money he had stolen, so he went back to the antique shop to ask Dugu Yang to sell the seal to split the money.
But he ran into the tomb robber arguing with Dugu Yang.
He rushed in to catch the tomb robber to claim the reward money. In the fight between the three of them, Dugu Yang, in order to save Chun Shan, accidentally killed the tomb robber. As a result, Chun Shan threatened Dugu Yang, and Dugu Yang, having no choice, gave him a silver ingot and told him to leave the city at night.
At this time.
Dugu Yang sealed the tomb robber’s body in a clay figure.
He was also bound by the coroner’s code of conduct: A coroner cannot kill. If a coroner kills someone, he must commit suicide the same day.
At that moment.
At Hai Shi San Ke, Niu Da Ming thought about disposing of the body, so he came to check. As he checked, he said many fabricated insults about Chun Tiao and Dong Hao Gu.
It made Dugu Yang’s heart feel even worse.
After confirming that the body had been disposed of, Niu Da Ming left the antique shop.
From Hai Shi Si Ke to Wu Ke.
Dong Hao Gu personally came to the antique shop to discuss business with Dugu Yang.
Dugu Yang was already angry at Dong Hao Gu. At this time, when he saw Dong Hao Gu, he wanted to tear him to pieces, but he had already broken the code of conduct. How could he break it again?
So, he decided to die to drag Dong Hao Gu to hell with him.
He made an agreement with Dong Hao Gu to do business at the time of Zi Chou, neither sooner nor later.
After that, he went to the county government office and showed Cao Hui Lou Li De’s body. He asked Cao Hui to re-examine it.
Then he had no more worries.
He executed himself in front of Zhong Bo.
And he asked Zhong Bo to accuse Dong Hao Gu.
Dong Hao Gu indeed returned at the time of Zi Chou.
But he was scared away by Dugu Yang’s body.
However.
At this time, Niu Da Ming had murderous intent towards Dugu Yang again. He also came to the shop. Zhong Bo knew the ins and outs of everything, so he, with a mixture of old and new grudges, falsely accused Niu Da Ming on his own initiative.
The coroner’s death.
Finally came to an end.
Indeed, the antique shop that night was livelier than a vegetable market.