Early the next morning, because it rained heavily for two hours, the air in the morning was exceptionally fresh, and the sun was as clear as if it had been washed with water, Xu Yan stood in the yard and took a deep breath: "It's so sweet!" ”

In the garden, Yu Shizhao began to practice swords as usual.

Liansheng stood under the thick green grape trellis, with the blue sky above his head, and the big autumn flowers beside him, pink and purple and white, Yu Shizhao saw this quiet picture as soon as he turned around, and only felt that the years were quiet, and he really hoped that this scene would be still forever.

"What are you looking at?" Seeing that he had stopped, his face was covered with sweat, Liansheng stepped forward and took out a handkerchief and handed it to him: "Hurry up and wipe it, it's all autumn, and the wind is blowing to catch a cold." ”

Yu Shizhao smiled and didn't answer, but leaned his face over: "I want you to wipe it." These three words have a strong coquettish taste, Liansheng looked left and right to make sure that there was no one, and hurriedly wiped his face twice, Yu Shizhao laughed and grabbed her hand and continued to wipe, then he heard someone shouting not far away: "Your Highness, something happened again." ”

The person who ruined the atmosphere was Cui Hanlin, he hurried over, Lian Sheng hurriedly broke free from Yu Shizhao's hand, Cui Hanlin didn't care about the embarrassment and said loudly: "The fan is dead." ”

Yu Shizhao was angry with Cui Hanlin for ruining his beautiful time, and muttered when he heard the words: "If you die, you will die, a maid will indirectly kill her master, and if she dies, she will save the return fee twice." ”

"How do you know it's a suicide?" Lian Sheng glared at him when he heard this: "If you don't see the scene, you can't judge casually." Cui Hanlin, let's go now. ”

The fan died in the pond of the post house garden.

Here's how the layout of the inn is. Cui Hanlin and some guards lived in the front yard, and a long corridor walked back. There is a fork in the promenade, turning into a side courtyard, where the prince and General Park live. Straight down the promenade was a garden with pavilions and a small pond, and through this garden was the backyard where the princess and her maids lived.

Therefore, yesterday the fan said that Fang Sheng took himself to the side courtyard to take care of General Park, and then sent himself back, and it would take a while to walk through the garden twice.

The face of the fan rushed up and lay on his back in the lotus bushes of the pond.

The characteristics of floating corpses have been mentioned before, that is, almost all floating corpses are male-facing downward and female-upward, which is due to the difference in the physiological structure of men and women.

Men have smaller pelvis. Underdeveloped buttock muscles. The thoracic cage is wider and the pectoral muscles are more developed, which makes the center of gravity of the body biased towards the front of the body. Therefore, the male corpse is often in a prone position in the water. In women, the pelvis is larger. The buttocks are also more developed. As a result, the center of gravity of the body is biased towards the back of the body. Female corpses are often in a supine position in the water.

When Liansheng arrived, the local prefect also arrived, and was directing someone to pull the body over with a hook.

Because it rained for more than two hours last night. There is still stagnant water in the potholes on the gravel path in the garden, and the edge of the pond is even more muddy, but the officials brought by the prefect have destroyed the scene, and there are footprints everywhere in the mud, and it is messy. Are there any footprints left? ”

Seeing that Liansheng's face was not good, especially the King of England who was standing behind her, he was also dissatisfied, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "I have already surveyed just now, it was the maid Yueru who found the deceased, and at the same time found footprints in the mud, the strange thing is that this footprint is like this. ”

It turned out that the pond was surrounded by muddy ground mixed with sand, and the prefect of Liu simply shoveled down all the footprints found nearby and dried them aside.

"Your Excellency, Your Highness, please see, these are the footprints found at the scene."

This prefect is still very good at doing things, Liansheng couldn't help but praise: "Lord Liu has a heart." ”

Governor Liu looked at Yu Shizhao with appreciation, and was very happy in his heart, twisting a few sparse long beards and saying, "The lower officials also came up step by step from the county officials." ”

There are three types of footprints, one is obviously the deceased's, the North Korean boat shoe footprints, and the other is the boot print, which is larger, Liansheng compared it with the palm of his hand, and felt that this person is estimated to wear a size 42 shoe according to the modern size (note, the footprints on the wetland will be a little more than normal outward) This shoe is in line with the characteristics of most men in the post station: about 175 in height.

The other shoe print is very strange, very smooth without any pattern, and it is a bit oval, it is right to say that it is a human footprint, and it is reasonable to say that it is the footprint of a large beast.

"What kind of footprints are these?"

Yu Shizhao also obviously felt that this mark was wrong!

"Like a human and not like a human, the lower officials are also puzzled." Governor Liu replied.

"Hey, what is this?" Liansheng pinched the mud of the footprints, and his fingertips were stained with a small snail, very small, and the shell was almost transparent.

"It's a small snail, and the heavy rain washed all the snails in the muddy field of the pond to the shore. We were all over the place when we came just now, and we stepped on it. Governor Liu replied.

At this time, the Joseon prince arrived, followed by the maid Yueru.

"This is harming the princess, there is a ghost in her heart, if she dies, she will die, she can't do such a good job, but she is just a slave." The prince looked indifferent.

"If you want to hurt the princess, Miss Yueru can't escape the blame, the fan girl is just an unintentional mistake, she won't commit suicide."

Liansheng retorted.

"Then who knows."

At this time, the fan had already been salvaged and put aside, and the prefect had already checked her body and respectfully reported: "My lord, the deceased was indeed drowned, but there was a little mark on the back of his neck, and his subordinates suspected that someone might have grabbed his neck and pressed him into the water to suffocate the deceased before falling into the water, because the deceased's fingernails were all mud with sand on the shore, not the slippery mud in the pool." ”

"That's murder, not suicide."

Liansheng looked at the three footprints and groaned.

"Yes, my lord, it's murder."

"The footprints of this shovel are so clear, it means that they were left after the rain? Who was the last to see the fan last night? ”

Liansheng asked.

"The fan keeps himself in the room and no one knows."

Yueru replied respectfully on the side.

"You live on the opposite door, don't you know?"

"The slave and maid slept early, I don't know."

"You really have a big heart, the princess you hurt has a bloody face, and you can still sleep?"

"The slave knows that she is wrong, and she is naturally willing to be punished when she returns home, and she is ready to be executed, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Yueru replied very calmly, Liansheng looked at her deeply, and suddenly smiled: "Yueru, you make me look the other way." ”

"A blessing for a slave."

No one knows when the fan went out, that is, there were no eyewitnesses.

It rained for a long time yesterday, and this garden was full of flowers and plants, and it was still dark night, and the shoes would definitely be wet, until the beginning of autumn, and there was no charcoal or brazier in this station, so the task now was to find a pair of wet shoes.

"Everyone's room was to be searched, with a focus on a pair of wet boots. Maybe the soles of the boots will be muddy, maybe they won't. Now go search now! ”

"Is my room going to be searched too?" The prince asked dissatisfiedly, "Why are you searching my room if you are just a dead slave?" ”

"Prince, it's not just because of Fan's death, I suspect that it was the same murderer who killed Fan and killed the princess."

"Prince, in order to find out the real culprit who killed the princess, this is the only way, and you don't want the princess to die like this."

Yu Shizhao persuaded on the side.

The prince was helpless, looked at Cui Hanlin and said, "Since this is the case, how about searching from the master first?" You can't start with us, the guests. ”

"Okay, search me first."

Cui Hanlin turned around and left: "I'll lead the way." ”

Cui Hanlin's room has two beds, one of which is naturally Fangsheng. On the table next to the bed was Fang Sheng's pocket watch.

"Look at you, throw everything."

Liansheng picked up Fang Sheng's pocket watch and handed it to him. Fang Sheng smiled embarrassedly: "This Western thing is not used to it, I always forget to bring it." ”

"It's okay, I'll give you a block that you can tie to your wrist in the future, so that you can take it with you wherever you go." Yu Shizhao said on the side.

The result of the search was that there were no muddy boots without wet. The boots worn by Cui Hanlin are also clean, and the bottom is white and eye-catching.

Lian Sheng seemed to know that this was the result, and when he heard the advice of the officials, he only glanced at Cui Hanlin with a smile, and said slowly: "Cui Hanlin, you are really busy this morning, you went to buy a new pair of boots early in the morning to put on, and it is not easy to knock on the door of the boot shop." (To be continued......)

PS: Note, Fangsheng's pocket watch, Fangsheng is not used to pocket watches, and often puts them in his hands, which is an obvious point.

There is also the question of how to cover up the footprints. Why don't the footprints have any patterns and are still oval?