Seeing that Yao Chong was a little anxious, Lu Xiaoxian said his judgment: "He shouldn't have committed suicide, he was killed and then hung on a beam, pretending to die by hanging." ”

Yao Chong was dumbfounded, and it took a long time before asking, "Why do you say that?" Is there a basis for this? ”

"Of course there is a basis, how can this kind of thing be nonsense?" Lu Xiaoxian said confidently, "To put it simply, the biggest difference between suicide and homicide is how it is strangled, that is, the characteristics of the rope groove formed by the rope sleeve and the neck are different. ”

Yao Chong knew that the stakes were high, and urged: "Don't sell it, hurry up and tell me in detail!" ”

"The two sides of the rope of self-hanging, which only reach the hairline behind the ear, do not twist together; The rope of strangulation must be twisted at the back of the neck, otherwise it will be difficult to exert force, and it will be easy for the strangled person to break free. Lu Xiaoxian pointed to Wu Yanji's corpse, "If you don't believe it, take a look for yourself!" ”

Yao Chong took a closer look, and sure enough, there was a strangulation mark on the back of Wu Yanji's neck. It seems that Lu Xiaoxian's suspicions are justified.

Lu Xiaoxian continued: "The strangulation marks on the hangings are dark purple, and the deceased's eyes are closed, his lips are open, his teeth are exposed, his fists are clenched, and his toes are straight. The rope is in the throat, and the tongue is against the teeth; Under the larynx, the tongue will stick out. If someone strangles them, their mouths, eyes, and fingers will be opened, and the blood will not pass through the roar, and the strangulation marks will be lighter, and the tongue will not touch the teeth or stick out. ”

Wu Yanji lay there quietly, the strangulation marks on his neck were very shallow, his mouth was tightly pursed, and he really didn't stick out.

Afraid that Yao Chong wouldn't understand, Lu Xiaoxian explained: "To put it simply, there is a big difference between hanging yourself and killing him, suicide is a rope around the neck, and killing him is a rope around the neck." ”

Lu Xiaoxian said so much, although Yao Chong sounded plausible, he basically believed Lu Xiaoxian's judgment.

He looked at Lu Xiaoxian strangely and didn't say a word.

Lu Xiaoxian was looked at unnaturally by him, and said dissatisfiedly: "Yao Ge Lao, what's wrong with you, are you scared?" ”

Yao Chong said seriously: "I'm scared, I'm just curious, when did you become angry and know so much?" ”

Of course, Lu Xiaoxian will not be angry, in fact, he is not proficient in this, but fortunately, Lu Xiaoyi has the books of the entire library in his head, and he has done enough homework before coming.

"So far, these can only be guesses!" Lu Xiaoxian pondered, "If you want to uncover the mystery, you must go to the scene!" ”

Yao Chong and Lu Xiaoxian came to the Wei Palace.

Wu Yanji died, and the Wei Wangfu was in chaos. Seeing that Prime Minister Shoufu was coming, Wu Yanji's younger brother Wu Yanyi hurriedly came to greet him.

Yao Chong didn't hide it, he only said that he wanted to go and see the scene of the incident.

Although Wu Yanyi didn't know what Yao Chong's move meant, he still led them to Wu Yanji's bedroom.

"Who was the first person to find out that King Wei had hanged himself?" Lu Xiaoxian asked in a deep voice.

"It's my brother's personal handmaid! He's been serving his brother for four or five years! Wu Yanyi replied.

"Let this servant girl call, I have something to ask her!" Lu Xiaoxian commanded bluntly.

Wu Yanyi glanced at Yao Chong, but Yao Chong did not speak.

Wu Yanyi nodded, and ordered his subordinates to call the servant.

After a while, the maidservant came, said goodbye to Wu Yanyi, and was silent.

This woman has clear eyebrows, a thoughtful appearance, and a dignified demeanor. Of course, the maidservants of the palace are one in a hundred, not to mention Wu Yanji's personal maid.

Lu Xiaoxian asked the maidservant, "At that time, did you find that King Wei hanged himself, and he was in the bedroom?" ”

The maidservant had apparently not recovered from the fright, and stammered a little: "Yes, in the dormitory!" ”

"How did you find out?" Lu Xiaoxian was afraid that she would be nervous, so he comforted, "It's okay, you speak slowly!" ”

The maidservant sorted out her thoughts, and then she said: "Your Highness will get up on time every hour, but half an hour has passed the morning before yesterday, and His Highness's door is still closed, so I knocked on the door, but no one opened the door!" His Royal Highness usually does not lock the door when he goes to bed, but on that day the door was bolted inside! I knocked for a while but didn't see any movement, and I was worried that something would happen, so I called the housekeeper in the house. The housekeeper finally knocked on the door and entered, and as soon as he entered the door, he found that His Highness was hanging on the beam of the room, and when he put it down, he had already lost his breath! ”

Lu Xiaoxian asked people to call the housekeeper again, what he said was no different from what the maidservant said?

Lu Xiaoxian pondered for a moment and looked at the housekeeper: "What kind of rope did King Wei use to hang himself?" ”

"It's hemp rope!" The butler replied.

"Hemp rope?" Lu Xiaoxian was slightly stunned, Wu Yanji actually hanged himself with hemp rope.

Lu Xiaoxian asked again: "Where is the hemp rope?" ”

"I thought it was unlucky, so I threw it in the firewood room!"

"Go get it for me!" Lu Xiaoxian said in an unquestionable tone.

The butler did not dare to slack off, hurried out of the house, and returned in a short time with a piece of hemp rope.

Lu Xiaoxian took the hemp rope, and the knot on the hemp rope was still there. He looked up at the beams and then at the furnishings.

After thinking for a while, he asked the maidservant, "When the King of Wei hanged himself, did he step on this round stool?" ”

The maidservant nodded and said, "It should be, when I saw His Highness, this round stool fell to the side!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian nodded, and asked the housekeeper again, "Where did this hemp rope come from?" ”

The butler had obviously investigated, and blurted out: "This hemp rope was originally a rope used to tie the swing in the back garden of the palace!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian suddenly realized, no wonder, it turned out that Wu Yanji hanged himself with a hemp rope tied to a swing.

"Take me to see it!"

When I came to the back garden of the palace, as the housekeeper said, only one side of the hemp rope tied to both sides of the shelf was still there, and the swing hung down, swaying back and forth.

Lu Xiaoxian looked up at the tall wooden frame, looked at it for a while, and then turned to the housekeeper and asked, "You slammed the door and entered the bedroom?" Is it true that the windows are also bolted? ”

"Yes!" The butler replied, "I was going to enter through the window, but the window was so closed that I couldn't hit the door!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian returned to King Wei's bedroom again, looked at the door, and carefully looked at every window.

After reading it, Lu Xiaoxian said to Yao Chong: "Elder Yao Ge, we can go!" ”

Seeing that Yao Chong was about to ask, Lu Xiaoxian glanced at him, and Yao Chong closed his mouth in amusement.

Out of the Wei Palace, Yao Chong couldn't wait to ask, "How is it?" Any questions? ”

"Of course there's a problem!" Lu Xiaoxian said, "It can be completely concluded that Wu Yanji was killed!" And the person who killed Wu Yanji is a person with good martial arts! ”

"What did you find again? Why are you so sure? ”

First, Wu Yanji had no motive to commit suicide. There is a reason why a person does everything, and if he does not behave properly, he will commit suicide. Take Wu Yanji as an example, he doesn't have any reason to kill himself! ”

Yao Chong couldn't help but nod, Lu Xiaoxian was right.

If a person wants to commit suicide, there must be something he can't think of, but Wu Yanji's suicide is very strange. Even if he was bullied by Li Chongrun, but the initiative was in his hands, as long as he explained what happened to His Majesty, Li Chongrun would definitely be punished, how could he commit suicide?

Second, the situation of self-hanging is inconsistent with common sense. The dignified King of Wei, if he really wants to hang himself, he has to be dressed neatly, how can he die in his bedclothes? There is also hemp rope, if you were the king of Wei, you would hang yourself with hemp rope? Does this make sense? ”

It is indeed unreasonable, since Wu Yanji has changed his bedclothes, he is going to bed, and it is impossible for him to decide to hang himself temporarily. And the hemp rope, there is no shortage of white silk or something in the palace, how could Wu Yanji hang himself with such a vulgar thing as hemp rope?

Seeing Yao Chong in deep thought, Lu Xiaoxian reminded: "The hemp rope is used to tie the swing, from the board to the top of the wooden frame, it is two or three zhang high. Will Wu Yanji climb to such a high place to untie this hemp rope? Even if he wanted to figure it out, how did he get there? ”

Yao Chonghuoran's color changed, and if Lu Xiaoxian said these doubts, if he didn't think about it carefully, no one would really pay attention to it.

Third, the murderer showed great flaws. He faked the illusion that Wu Yanji was standing on a round bench and hanged himself, and then kicked over the round bench. I looked at the length of the hemp rope, and with it to hang myself, people would be hung very high, and their feet would not reach the round stool at all. ”

Even such details have been taken into account, which shows how meticulous Lu Xiaoxian's mind is. When Yao Chong looked at Lu Xiaoxian again, his eyes were full of admiration. At this time, he finally understood why his teacher relied so heavily on Lu Xiaoxian.

Suddenly, Yao Chong seemed to think of something, and asked puzzledly: "However, the doors and windows were bolted from the inside, how did the murderer get in?" ”

"This is also one of the flaws exposed by the murderer!" Lu Xiaoxian's tone didn't have a ripple, "He didn't know Wu Yanji's habit of never latching doors and windows, so after he killed Wu Yanji, he bolted the door to death, and then left through the window." I found a strand of hair tied to the latch of the window, he closed the window on the outside, and then gently pulled the strand of hair, and the window naturally bolted inside! ”

Yao Chong suddenly realized, no wonder Lu Xiaoxian would inspect the doors and windows so carefully just now.

"I need to report this to Your Majesty immediately!" Yao Chong said solemnly.

"Debriefing?" Lu Xiaoxian looked Yao Chong up and down, "Why do you want to report to Your Majesty?" ”

"How can you not report such an important matter to Your Majesty?" Yao Chong felt that Lu Xiaoxian's question was very strange.

"And then?" Lu Xiaoxian asked again.

"And then, of course, it's time to catch the murderer!" Yao Chong said as a matter of course.

"Catch the murderer?" Lu Xiaoxian smiled and threw out a series of questions, "Who is the murderer?" How to catch? Who will catch it? ”

"This ......" Yao Chong opened his mouth, but he couldn't answer a single question.

"This is a headless case, report it to Your Majesty and make it public, if you are arrested by Yao Ge Lao, can you catch the murderer? If Your Majesty hands over this case to Lai Junchen, I don't know how many people will suffer unjustified disasters! ”