Chapter 25: The Murderer

Everyone looked at Wei Qian.

What does he mean?

"Do you suspect that the Lin clan is the murderer?" said the patriarch in surprise.

"Not a suspicion. Wei Qian originally planned to make a conclusion after tomorrow's investigation, but after thinking about it in his heart, he finally said it, and left the rest of the matter to the Cui clan to verify by themselves, the murder case full of flaws, he was actually not very interested in getting to the bottom of it, let alone involving two big clans, presumably it was not appropriate for him to let an outsider know too much inside information, "The person who can kill the old lady is most likely her." ”

The hall was silent.

The patriarch waved silently and ordered the idlers to retreat.

Wei Qian continued, "I heard that the old lady is wise and incomparable, how could such a person be plotted against lightly, this person must be someone she knows and trusts. Although this is only speculation, there is also countless evidence to prove it. First, how did the old lady get poisoned? After I inspected the scene, I consulted Dr. Sun, who said that if the general hallucinogenic drugs are taken orally, the effect will be very violent and the duration will be very long, and the best way is to smell them, and the best thing is to tann these ** in the incense that the old lady usually uses. ”

"You made those incense, right?" Wei Qian looked at the Lin family.

Lin's face remained unchanged, "Yes, the old lady handed over this matter to me when she got older, but the old lady is the best at making incense, even if there is a little wrong, she will be able to detect it immediately." ”

That's exactly what I'm going to say next. Wei Qian's black eyes were like a sword when he was forced to look at people, "To deal with the old lady, you have to change a little bit, maybe the murderer started to use hallucinogenic incense a long time ago, but at that time it was only a slight dose, maybe the old lady didn't mind much, because she trusted the murderer and didn't think about it! Once a person inhales too much hallucinogenic medicine, his five senses will become dull, which makes it more convenient for the murderer to increase the dose in the future, or even add **." ”

These words did not say that the Lin family was the murderer, but only the Lin family could do this matter, and in the past few decades, the old lady relied on the most trusted person except the Lin family, and there was no one else.

Wei Qian stared at the Lin family, not missing any expression on her face, "Of course, it is also possible that the old lady committed suicide? Unfortunately, there are too many doubts left by the murderer." The second point I want to make is that it is well known that a part of the incense stuck in the ashes is not burned. I checked the temple and found that there was ash in the incense burner, but there was no residual incense. Who took it?"

If the old lady commits suicide, the remaining incense will not be gone.

"Why did the murderer do so much? Probably because there was no poison in the ashes of the burned incense, but there was poison in the incense that was not burned. Wei Qian looked at Lin's subtle expression that cracked a little, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and he spoke faster, "Originally, it was a good idea to fix the wool felt of the side door with a slightly smaller mortise and tenon joint, and the murderer could deliberately leave a few mortise and tenon joints without glue on the first day, and wait until the old lady died, and then calmly take out the residual incense and seal all the mortise and tenon joints on the side door." In this way, the perfect illusion of suicide can be created, but it is wrong. The murderer's accomplice was entangled in something else and couldn't get out, and it was not too early to find the opportunity, because she was too anxious when she pryed the mortise and tenon, and as a result, she damaged the door frame, and when she came in to get the residual incense, she happened to meet Cui Erniang, so she left more traces. That is, why is there a strong wind when Cui Erniang kicks the door into the house. ”

Lin still had a stiff face.

Wei Qian said, "The evidence that makes me more sure of the murderer's identity is in the old lady's room." ”

Maybe he was too focused when he spoke, or maybe everyone wanted to immediately and conclusively catch the murderer, everyone was listening intently, and no one interjected.

"There are a total of 497 books on the bookshelf in the old lady's room, the room is facing the sun, and the bookshelves are placed just right, presumably they have been carefully arranged, and the books on the bookshelves do not need to be taken out to dry and will not be damp, so even if they are cleaned every day, there are still traces left between the books. There are many books on the shelves that have been temporarily moved, but I still counted out that one of them is missing, and the original position of that book should be the rightmost position on the fourth floor of the bookshelf on the south wall, where did Lin Niangzi's book go?"

"The old lady doesn't like to let people touch those books, I don't know that one is missing, and besides, I don't know how much I can read. Lin lowered his eyes.

Wei Qian noticed that she was emphasizing that she was "not very literate" between her words, and subconsciously planned to use this reason to excuse herself, but he would not let her get her wish, he turned to Xie Hao, "Uncle, dare to ask the old lady if she has the habit of remembering?"

Xie Hao nodded, "My sister does do this when she is at home, but she doesn't write it every day." ”

He paused for a moment, as if he suddenly thought of something again, "Yes, yes, I remember, when my mother was still there, she wrote to my sister to complain that her memory was not as good as before when she was old, and my sister wrote back that she would write important things into poems and articles and record them in a book, so that it would be convenient to remember, and it would be interesting to take them out and read them again in a few years." I remember very well that my mother immediately ordered someone to make a blank booklet after reading the letter. ”

An old lady in her seventies, who was still racking her brains to write poems all day long with the pen in her hand, finally couldn't help but get into a frenzy, and sighed: "You have to get by when you are old!" and then she threw the booklet somewhere.

Xie Hao also secretly wrote a letter to tell his sister about the incident, and later his mother was laughed at by his sister, and as a result, he was beaten up.

Thinking of the harmony back then, Xie Hao's heart tingled.

"I will know that the old lady has this habit because I found that the cage was locked with what she had written when she was young. The place where the missing book was placed was different from the rest, for the old lady twitched so often that the underside had become very bright. This shows that the old lady rarely reads other books, but she often takes this one. Wei Qian leaned forward slightly, "Lin, what has happened to the old lady the most over the years? Who is the person who knows her habits the most? If a book is lost, who deliberately covered up the fact that a book was lost?"

"Actually, the book is only a simple binding, and I think it will be carefully pasted after the original is finished, and it is completely possible to remove a few pages from it without being discovered. But it may be that time is pressing, there are too many pages, and it may be ...... She didn't know many words, and she couldn't find those pages for a while. ”

Cold sweat was oozing from Lin's forehead, and his complexion turned pale uncontrollably. It seemed that every word she said would become his handle, and she didn't know if the teenager was following her words or deliberately leading her to say these words.

"If my guess is correct, the people who conspired with the murderer must be the two rough maidservants who were on duty that day, but the dead Linghua is not necessarily an accomplice, she may have discovered the accomplice's abnormality, so she was killed. ”

The reason why Wei Qian had such a guess was because of many fragmentary clues. If the accomplice wants to see the mastermind because she is panicked, she should not risk running to the Buddhist hall, if she repents, there is no need to run to the Buddhist hall and directly admit that she killed someone, if she is greedy for life and afraid of death and full of remorse, then in this kind of form, in order not to be suspected, it is impossible for her to risk her head out because of a little remorse? If Linghua is an accomplice, then what she did might as well go directly to confess.

So Linghua should have found some clues, but she was afraid of being implicated, so she didn't dare to announce it, but she had an uncontrollable sense of guilt for the old lady in her heart, so she took the risk.

As a result, the murderer found out and killed him.

So the person who killed Linghua hadn't left the mourning hall at that time! and even she brought Linghua into the ear chamber......

The reason why Wei Qian thinks this way is because he did a little test on several servants when he questioned that day, to be honest, with Linghua's brain, she could think of deceiving the doorkeeper, Wei Qian felt that it was extraordinary.

However, there is no substantive evidence for these after all, Wei Qian also said something about it, and emphasized that this speculation is only made with the mentality of not letting go of a bad person, and it still needs to be specifically verified.

So many spearheads are firmly pointed at the Lin family, no one can say anything to refute, the only thing that is puzzling is that after thirty years of master-servant relationship, why did she want to attack the old lady?

Presumably, the Cui family is also reluctant to let people dig up more family secrets.

The Cui family has not produced many straw bales so far, as long as these things are given a direction, I believe that they will be dug up soon, Wei Qian does not doubt their strength.

At this point, it had nothing to do with Wei Qian, he glanced at Cui Ning without a trace, reached out and touched an object in his sleeve pocket, and his eyes drooped. ―――――――― fact, this case is very simple, there are few suspicious targets, plus the protagonist is involved, the protagonist's immortal law is destined to not be a murderer, so naturally exclude a person. As a reader from God's point of view, it's easy to guess the murderer. The first case is not about a thrilling unsolved case, but about feelings and human nature, as well as the impact that is crucial to Cui Ning. I haven't written until four or five o'clock in the morning for a long time, I feel energetic, but my body is extremely tired, and I am getting older and older