The sun is shining, the cicadas have stopped, and the beginning of autumn is approaching in a blink of an eye.

The Eight Doors was still as lively as usual, with the prisoner brought back here and the witnesses left there.

Every day, people come and go from the eight doors, and the peace and prosperity on the surface of the capital is due to the diligence of the eight doors, catching those snakes, insects, rats and ants in the dark night.

With virtuous ministers under the emperor's feet, the capital naturally has a scene of peace and happiness for the people.

Fu Mingrui was sorting out the files of Bai Zhankui's entire case in his study. He read and wrote while reading, as if replaying the entire case in his mind.

Since Bai Zhankui's daughter-in-law Yu Pingting jumped into the river with her son at the beginning of the year, the whole family has been completely broken. The Bai family lives in pain every day. The villagers of the Bai family also call Yu Pingting vicious, and they will die with their two children. , This is to make the Bai family die.

But then, something strange happened. Bai Zhankui's mother, Chen Jinhua, hanged herself.

Chen Jinhua's hanging was very strange. There was nothing under her feet, and her body was the same as Bai Zhankui's, without any scars.

When a normal person hangs himself, he will move a chair to prop himself up, and then kick off the chair and stool. Furthermore, as mentioned earlier, the hanged person will have scars at the last moment.

But there was nothing under Chen Jinhua's feet, and the beams of the house were sorghum, and there was a seven-foot man's distance from the ground. How did Chen Jinhua get up there?

The scene of that day was still vivid in front of Fu Mingrui's eyes.

Originally, the county magistrate at the head of the local town could solve this kind of hanging without the need for them to dispatch eight doors. But because the scene was so weird, the county magistrate only reported the eight doors.

The book of Baijia Village and Fanggu Town in the eastern suburbs of the capital belong to the capital and are not far from the capital, so the county magistrate reported it.

But when Fu Mingrui arrived at the scene, the scene had already been completely destroyed.

When the villagers saw Chen Jinhua hanging herself, they kindly took her down at the first moment. They didn't know how to do it, but they ruined the scene.

At that time, Fu Mingrui lost his temper and pointed out that the villagers were ignorant!

Later in the process of questioning, the villagers discovered that the scene was abnormal.

There was no stool under Chen Jinhua's feet, and the doors and windows were all closed. Several suspicious points were put together. Fu Mingrui preliminarily deduced that this might be a murder case in a secret room.

But what the common people deduced is another version, saying that it must be that wicked daughter-in-law who came to claim her life!

At that time, Fu Mingrui hadn't opened his eyes and was frightened, so naturally he didn't believe in these strange things. And within the scope of his business, he has more contacts with murders in secret rooms.

This was the first case of the Bai family, but because the scene was destroyed and there were too few clues at hand, there was no progress.

Until, Bai Zhankui's father suddenly "hanged himself" in the same way!

This made the whole case an instant sensation in Fanggu Town, and the rumors of the evil daughter-in-law's death became more and more mysterious. During that time, almost the entire Fanggu Town was discussing the case.

This time, the village chief forgot and did not go to get Bai Zhankui's father Bai Genfa down.

When Fu Mingrui arrived at the scene, the site was well protected and there were no extra footprints on the ground, only Bai Wu had his own footprints.

Bai Wu died in the same way as Chen Jinhua, without a stool, hanging sorghum high, and without any other injuries on his body.

There were no traces of struggle at the scene, which means that Bai Zhankui did not struggle before his death. Or, this may not be the scene of the first crime. It is possible that Bai Zhankui was strangled to death outside, hung on the beams of the house, and then created this secret room.

Fu Mingrui thought of many possibilities, even the layout of the secret room. The only thing he couldn't figure out was that there were only footprints of the deceased at the scene. How did the murderer leave the secret room? Why are there no footprints left? As long as you figure this out, the case will be solved.

Then, on that day, when he was hunting with Duanmu Qingchen in the paddock in the western suburbs, he suddenly figured it out. A person who does not struggle before death may be drugged with sweat. Then the only ones who can drug the family without knowing it are the family.

The family put medicine in the food, and when Bai Wuyou fell into a coma, they strangled him to death. Then, is the key.

He put on the shoes of the deceased, carried the deceased on his back to the room of the deceased, and hung the deceased on the noose prepared in advance. Then, he managed the window, and then backed out of the room. Outside, he used the prepared rope to pull the door bolt, and then cut the rope with scissors. Everything became a perfect secret room case. In the room of the deceased, there were only the footprints of the deceased himself.

After straightening out all the clues, it is natural to arrest people.

That day happened to be the emperor urgently ordered him to go to Ma Guanqun's Shangshu family to solve the case of Ma Yun's transformation into a butterfly, which happened to be another secret room case.

So that day he was the one Zhao Cheng wanted to arrest.

After the Ma Guanqun case, he opened the court to hear the case of Chen Jinhua's hanging in a secret room.

In the courtroom, Bai Zhankui didn't say a word, just in a daze, neither denying nor admitting. In this case, if the suspect has not denied it, it will be regarded as a default.

On the day of Bai Zhankui's death, Fu Mingrui interrogated him for the last time. Bai Zhankui remained the same, neither admitting nor denying it.

In the case of Chen Jinhua, Bai Zhankui killed his father and mother.

That night, Bai Zhankui committed suicide in his cell in fear of crime.

Fu Mingrui picked up the official seal of the case, but this official seal has not been stamped for a long time. What if he was wrong? What if the real culprit of this case is hidden in a dark place that he can't see?

[Things hidden in the dark are always more exciting than what you can see...] Lian Youyou's words rang in his ears unknowingly, as if constantly reminding him that there might really be an invisible murderer in this case exist.

Zhao Cheng entered with a pile of files, and gently put them down on Fu Mingrui's desk, but saw that in front of Fu Mingrui was Bai Zhankui's case, and the adults of their family seemed to have not sealed the official seal for a long time for some unknown reason. He was lost in thought while looking at the file.

"My lord? Why haven't you closed the coffin yet?" Zhao Cheng said that the coffin was closed as a joke for the final sealing of the dossier. Once the dossier is sealed with the official seal of closure, the case will be closed.

When Fu Mingrui heard Zhao Cheng's words, instead of affixing his seal, he let go of the official seal: "What if there is a real murderer? We just didn't see the real murderer..."

"My lord, what are you talking about? If Bai Zhankui was wronged, why didn't he call for it?" Zhao Cheng also gave his reasons, "If anyone who entered our eight doors didn't call for injustice, then the real culprit is even more so. One complained loudly, but what happened in the end? It’s not like being cured one by one by you, my lord!”

"If it was Bai Zhankui who killed him, wouldn't it be more perfect for him to put a stool under the deceased? Then everyone would think it was suicide, and the county magistrate would not report to the eight gates. He did so much... Isn't it a bit superfluous?" Fu Mingrui After overturning all his judgments, he found that this case was far from being as simple as it seemed on the surface.