Chapter 30: Aconite
Sometimes it is helpful to go to the scene without a clue to solve the case, and Lu Li's first destination is still the deceased's incense courtyard.
The case has not been solved, the government will save the scene to the greatest extent, the room has not been cleaned up, the blood stains and broken things are still there, and someone has been sent to guard the courtyard, and idle people are forbidden to enter, and he can enter and exit because of the special explanation of the Huang County order.
"I'll be waiting for you outside!" Shen Wansha picked up the door frame and resolutely refused to go in, just kidding, he smelled the blood in the room when he stood in the courtyard, okay! Speaking of which, the little oak is so thin, where did it come from so boldly...... He looked at Lu Li with complicated eyes.
Lu Li deliberately winked at him mysteriously, "You really don't want to go in?" Maybe you'll find something, and we'll solve the case......"
Shen Wansha was a little hesitant. The murder scene is mysterious and exciting, and it can be shown in the future, and Lu Li is so powerful, he is not stupid, maybe he can really solve the case......
Seeing his swaying expression, Lu Li sighed, "Well, if you're afraid, I'll go in by myself." โ
The voice seemed to be a little high and a little unnatural, Shen Wansha's eyes rolled, and the thief smiled, "Oh...... It turns out that you are also afraid. โ
Lu Li laughed out of his little tiger teeth, "Yes, I'm so scared, young master, you can go in with me!" โ
Shen Wansha rubbed his nose and walked in arrogantly, "How can you rest assured that this young master is like you...... Okay, the young master is protecting you, come on! โ
Lu Li laughed twice and walked into the room.
He knew that Shen Wansha was afraid, but he didn't know how long he would stop in the room, and after a long time, Shen Wansha would be even more scared when he was alone outside, so it was better to take it with him. And according to his observation, Shen Wansha is different from Zhang Meng, he is psychologically more mature, so that stimulation can promote his growth.
It's time to coax the child......
In his previous life, he didn't know how much he had been treated gently, but now, he is very willing to give.
Shen Wansha couldn't help but not tremble, and followed Lu Li closely, Lu Li's face was very calm, his movements were very calm, pointing out where he couldn't touch it, and observed carefully. Every move can't be said to have a flowing beauty, but the seriousness and concentration are really attractive.
Shen Wansha gradually calmed down.
Then he began to stop looking away from the bloodstains everywhere, and even slowly, he took a serious look.
"Little oak, you said that the bloodstains can indicate the murderer's way of killing and the direction of walking?"
"Yes." Lu Li pointed in the direction of the Luohan couch, "For example, there is a deceased person disguised as a suicide sitting here, he has a short sword on his chest, which is deep into his heart and lungs, but there is only this small piece of blood left, so it shouldn't be." The blood must have been extremely heavy because of being stabbed to death, and the blood did not flow out and spread so slowly. โ
"Another example is the blood spot on the ground, the zigzag shape must point in the direction of the murderer's movement......"
Lu Li said as he spoke, and the process of the murderer's killing quickly flashed in his mind, "The murderer poisoned these people, incapacitated them, first killed the person who looked like a leader on the couch, and then ...... He tortured several other deceased. โ
Lu Li walked to the window, "This one here came to the window when his companion was beaten, probably wanted to escape, the murderer was very angry when he found out, and cut his throat with a dagger, looking at the blood splatters by the window, the amount is large, the color is dark, this person died very simply, there is no pain." โ
"After that, he killed the square-faced dead here." Lu Li walked to the middle of the room, "The process is fast, he has a lot of anger at this time, and he needs to vent...... But at this moment, a man ran away, he was able to run out of the room, and quickly ran out of the temple, why......"
Shen Wansha also frowned and touched his chin and thought, "Yes, why, why is he poisoned, others can't move, he can run?" โ
Lu Li squatted down to observe the blood marks carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "I know, because the poison in him is not as deep as these!" โ
He pointed to the deep and shallow bloodstains on the ground, "Do you see these bloodstains!" โ
Although Shen Wansha didn't know why Lu Li was excited, he couldn't help but get excited, and his voice was very crisp, "I saw it!" โ
"These blood stains are deep and shallow, which proves that the depth of his poisoning is different!" Lu Li's eyes shone brightly, "I asked Brother Zhao to take a closer look, and he told me that among several people, the highest martial arts is the thin and tall one who died prone at the door, and the lowest one is the one who died in the wild...... Looking at it now, the order of death of these five people, the depth of poisoning, is inversely proportional to the level of their martial arts! โ
Shen Wansha reacted, "The highest martial arts...... Poisoned the deepest, and finally died? โ
"Yes!" Lu Li cautiously circled the room, and said firmly, "The murderer killed the person on the couch, the person in front of the window, and the person in the middle of the room. When he caught up, he found that the man was exhausted and could not run, and he attracted the wolf, and he was very happy, and perhaps admired it for a while, before returning. The whole process, he made the tall and thin man watch, waited in pain, and finally killed him...... He has the highest martial arts, and generally speaking, the person with the highest martial arts skills in a small team is the leader. โ
Shen Wansha listened to Lu Li's analysis, and suddenly stroked his palms and said, "But the leader is not necessarily the one with the most upright face!" So after the murderer finished killing someone, he finally stabbed the short sword into the chest of the person with the most upright appearance and temperament, and faked suicide, because he thought that everyone would think so, which would be more credible, and Uncle Wang was blindfolded in the first place! โ
Lu Li nodded, thinking for a moment in his mind, "The murderer is rude, and he should hate these five people very much, but they are from Western Xia, and it is the first time they appear here, what kind of deep hatred will they have......
"But," Shen Wansha had a question, "why didn't the one who ran out ask for help?" โ
Lu Li sneered, "Maybe what they did by themselves is not the right thing, outlaws, when the time comes, they will probably accept their fate." โ
Shen Wansha thoughtfully, "Oh......"
Lu Li frowned slightly, "But how did the murderer poison them?" What poison is under it? If you want to kill them, you must observe the poisoning effect somewhere, and where is the right place......"
He looked up at the beams, shook his head, and walked out of the room without finding any traces.
The yard was uncleaned, covered with snow, and the flat ground was snow-white, with occasional unevenness, which were traces of human actions.
Lu Li looked carefully and suddenly noticed a few footprints.
There are two groups on the side of the window, and one on the west wall, and these groups are of various sizes, certainly three people, and they are all monk shoes.
According to the confession collected by Daniel Zhang, no monks have been here in this courtyard since the five people moved in, and these five people did not wear monk shoes, so where did these monk shoe prints come from?
These shoe prints are also very special, with yellow fragments and oil stains...... You have to go to the main hall of the temple to get these traces.
"The murderer is probably not from outside the temple."
Shen Wansha scratched his head in confusion, "Didn't we already determine that the murderer was from the temple?" โ
"Hmm...... Anything was possible at first, but now, I think the murderer must be someone from the temple, a monk, a pilgrim these days. As long as we find out the motive, we can probably find out the murderer," Lu Li's eyes smiled, "or find out the purpose of these five people, we can also find out who the murderer is." โ
Lu Li called the catcher who came to watch the incense courtyard, informed him of the guess just now, and asked him to tell Huang County Ling, and looked back at Shen Wansha, "Young master, let's go out for a walk?" โ
Shen Wansha opened his eyes and smiled, "Okay! Although he was less scared of the murder scene, the bloodstained room was not as refreshing as the outside, and he was desperate to get outside.
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What did these five people go to Ciguang Temple for, and what are they going out to the west every night? Who did they provoke when they first arrived? What kind of interest grievances would lead to such a murderous and bloody case?
Lu Li thought about this question as he walked, his face solemn.
Shen Wansha thought that he was worried about Zhao Shu again, so he comforted him, "Brother Zhao is so powerful, he will definitely be fine." โ
Lu Li shook his head, temporarily let go of the things in his mind, and turned to Shen Wansha, "How do you know that he is powerful?" "Zhao Zhu's martial arts skills are all guessed by him, and he has never seen him make a move.
Shen Wansha's eyes widened, "He's just very powerful!" โ
Lu Li was puzzled, "What do you say?" โ
"That's it...... It's just a sense of oppression, a sense of domination," Shen Wansha tried to express the feeling of meeting Zhao Zhu, "He doesn't need to explain, he doesn't need to be expressed, you know that he is very powerful and omnipotent...... For example, when he looked at me, I would feel very nervous, very cramped, as if what he said was not right, and I was especially afraid of being killed by his displeasure...... "This is a bit unbelievable for him, and he doesn't even have such a strict sense of urgency to go to the palace."
"Is there one?" Lu Li recalled the past with Zhao Zhu, and said in an uncertain tone, "It's okay...... He's just a little fiercer in his eyes. โ
Shen Wansha said in his heart, why don't you say that you are amazing......
He snorted, "I mean, he's very good, you don't need to worry about him at all, maybe we'll see him when we go back to dinner in a while, maybe he's missing, and he's just going to catch rabbits for you in the woods." โ
"Rabbits to eat at this time? It takes a day and a night to catch a rabbit? Lu Li was skeptical.
But that's not the point now, the two of them let go of this topic, slowly and aimlessly hanging outside the temple, chatting nonsense while shaking.
The weather is a little cold, but the snow scene is very beautiful, especially the appearance of the branches hanging with snow, which is very chic, and the inconspicuous plants and trees in the past have become particularly beautiful because of the snow color decoration.
Shen Wansha pointed to these plants and trees, and asked Lu Li to 'look here!' 'Let him look over there in a moment!' I can't be busy.
With Shen Wansha's guidance, Lu Li saw a bush of plants.
They are half a foot tall and have no leaves at the lower part of the stem, with a long stalk in the middle and leaves at the top. The leaves are thin, pentagonal, and covered with a layer of pubescence on the back of the stem and leaves, which is very special, especially to the impression of Lu Quercus.
Aconitum is highly poisonous, likes warm and humid, and is abundant in the wild of Shu.
Lu Que almost ran over, touching the leaves of the plant with a handkerchief, thin and leathery; Pull out another one and look at the roots, inverted cone.
Sure enough, it was aconitum.
Aconitum is toxic to the central nervous system and peripheral nerves, and the toxicity is enhanced when it encounters alcohol, and the central system is paralyzed after poisoning, and the heart beat is strengthened......
Lu Li stood up, looked around, and found that a large number of aconitum plants nearby, if not cultivated by people, it would be too coincidental.
He looked back at the location, the distance from the temple...... The poison in the five dead probably came from this.
But the murderer's dosage is not particularly large, he did not kill five people with poison, he only used this poison to control five people, and then killed them himself, these five people must have provoked him fiercely.
Shen Wansha saw him holding the aconite, and reached out curiously to grab it, "What is this?" โ
Lu Li immediately slapped his hand away, "This is aconite, highly poisonous." โ
Shen Wansha jumped back in fright, "Poison poison โกโก!" โ
"The deceased is afraid that he was poisoned." Lu Li put the plant down and carefully put away the veil, "It's remote here, and it's not interesting, probably no one will come on weekdays...... Who would have known there was a large patch of aconitum here? โ
Shen Wansha raised his eyebrows slightly, "You have to be very familiar with the temple and the surrounding terrain." โ
"You're right." Lu Li smiled slightly, "There is still some harvest today, let's go back and inform Huang Xianling of this matter, and see where we go later." โ
"Okay." Shen Wansha doesn't care, anyway, there is a lot of time, how to play and how to play.
The two walked back slowly, and a small ball suddenly rolled in the snow, and when they got closer, they found that it was a white-haired wolf.
The little wolf was very thin and small, and he didn't know if it was cold, hungry, or if he saw the frightened people and barked his little teeth and roared at them.
Lu Li looked at the little wolf with a familiar look, and wondered if it was the one he had seen on the mountain in Guan County, but thinking that it was so far away, it shouldn't be, the little wolf looked almost the same, and it was normal to be wrong.
Lu Li squatted down, teasing it with a sound in his mouth, and at the same time curled his fingers to let it come, but the little wolf did not move. He sighed regretfully, took a few pieces of beef jerky from his waist purse and threw them over.
The little wolf sniffed closely, looked up at Lu Li, picked up the beef jerky and turned his head and ran away.
"How do you carry beef jerky with you!" Shen Wansha was very hot-eyed, and regretted that he didn't bring it, otherwise he would have been able to tease the little wolf!
Lu Li clapped his hands, stood up lazily, and glanced at him, "I'm smart." โ
Shen Wansha: ......
Lu Li smiled 'poof' and rubbed Shen Wansha's cute little face, "Good girl, I will take the young master with me in the future." โ
Shen Wansha wanted to cry without tears, at that moment just now, did Xiao Oak treat him as a dog!
However, Shen Wansha's prediction of unintentionally inserting willows was very accurate, and when the two of them returned to the courtyard after finishing their errands, Zhao Zhu came back.
Zhao Shu not only came back, but also captured a person for him.
This person's hands are tied behind his back, his figure is slender and thin, his eyebrows are trimmed, his black eyes are black, his peach blossom eyes are plump, handsome, and magnificent.
He was wearing a whole set of slim clothes, a well-cut white cross-collared gown, I don't know what kind of material, simple white can also shine, shining silver. He also wore a pair of snow-white boots, and a white jade fan was inserted in his waist, it seemed that this fan was his belongings, if it weren't for the hands tied behind his back, this fan should have been held in his hand and shaken.
When Lu Li first saw this person, his impression was that he was romantic, and when this person threw a flying eye, his impression became coquettish.
He couldn't help but look back at Shen Wansha.
Shen Wansha half-opened his mouth and looked surprised: Brother Zhao really caught a rabbit for you!.