Chapter 35: Jiang Wei is dead
"The blood is gone here." Lou Jinjue said.
"This should be the murder weapon." Chu Fei pointed to the shovel left in the grass not far away, which was still stained with dried blood.
"Chen Youyu should have been injured in the head here, and then fled all the way there." Lou Yiyi pointed in the direction where the body was found. "In the end, I couldn't hold on and fell to the ground."
"Feng Zhutou, you can't do a good job of investigating the scene, you haven't found such an obvious murder weapon." Chu Fei was a little skeptical about the ability of their Ming Yiguo officials to handle cases.
"I'm sorry, there were too many onlookers at that time, and we only had time to bring the body back, and we didn't have time to survey the scene yet." Criticized by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Feng Zhutou's heart tightened, and he quickly explained. "It's the negligence of the lowly position."
"You are indeed quite negligent, you didn't look carefully at the scene, and you found the Bodhi Temple." Leng Yan said with difficulty.
Feng Zhutou could only blindly admit his mistake, could he say that as soon as he heard that this case had some connection with the prince, he instantly became confused, and his first thought was to go to Bodhi Temple to verify?
"Alright, let's get back to business." Lou Yiyi glanced at Feng Zhutou, but didn't say anything in the end. "Let's search around."
Several people began to search around the place where the bloodstains had disappeared.
"...... here," Lou Yiyi kicked the ground in front of her.
"What's wrong?" Leng Yan, who was not far away, hurriedly walked over.
"Look at the ground here." Lou Yiyi pointed to the abnormal ground for Leng Yan to see. "It's like it's been turned over."
"There are traces of being turned over." Leng Yan squatted down and looked carefully.
"Brother Chu, bring over the shovel just now." Lou Yiyi shouted behind her.
"Okay." Hearing Lou Yiyi's words, Chu Fei casually picked up the shovel beside him and walked over. "What for?"
"You dig up the dirt." Lou Yiyi pulled Leng Yan to make room for Chu Fei.
"Me?" Chu Fei was a little incredulous. "Dig here?"
"That's right." Lou Yiyi looked at Chu Fei inexplicably. "You don't dig a big man, do you want me to dig a weak girl's house?"
"Why don't you tell him to dig?" Chu Fei pointed at Leng Yan indignantly.
"He ......," Lou Yiyi glanced back. It's too good-looking, and the temperament doesn't match. β
"What about the others? Why not call them? Chu Fei was still a little unwilling.
"You're the closest, don't you call anyone?" Lou Yiyi said confidently.
"I'm still the prince." Chu Fei felt a little aggrieved.
"Can the prince eat it as a meal?" Lou Yiyi asked.
"Can't ......"
"Then what are you waiting for, digging." Lou Yiyi rolled her eyes at Chu Fei and urged.
Feng Zhutou on the side couldn't stand it, and hurriedly took the shovel in Chu Fei's hand.
Here is his lowest status, let the prince be a coolie, he watched from the sidelines, he felt that if he went back, he might be thrown away by the adults.
Lou Jinjue also walked over when she heard the movement here.
As Lou Yiyi and Leng Yan said, the land was turned over, and Feng Zhu dug effortlessly, and after a while, he saw a corner of clothes.
"Who is this?" Chu Fei took two steps back in disgust.
"Dig it up and see, and you'll just know." Lou Yiyi also followed Chu Fei's movements, covered her nose, and moved back two steps.
I don't know how long this corpse has been buried, and it smells a little.
The three of them and six pairs of eyes just watched as Feng Yu quickly cleaned up the dirt above the corpse.
When the full face of the corpse was revealed, Feng Yu quickly threw down the shovel, took out the portrait from his arms and checked it, and affirmed: "The person who died is Jiang Yuan." β
"How could he die!!" Chu Fei was the first to shout in shock. "Isn't he the murderer of Chen Youyu?"
Lou Yiyi looked at Chu Fei inexplicably. "Who told you that Jiang Yu was the murderer of Chen Youyu?"
"Yes......" Chu Fei instantly lowered his face and said in frustration: "It seems that I guessed wrong." β
"Solving a case is to constantly put forward conjectures, then confirm or disprove them, and finally deduce the truth. The first time, it's nothing wrong. It may be that Chu Fei's frustration is too substantial, and Lou Yiyi can't bear to hit his enthusiasm, so she hurriedly comforts him.
But it didn't seem to be of much use, Chu Fei still had a sad face.
"Brother Chu, ...... you" Lou Yiyi was about to say something more, but was interrupted by Chu Fei's sudden excitement.
"Could it be that Chen Youyu killed Jiang Yu first, and then was killed by someone else?" The more Chu Fei thought about it, the more he felt that there was such a possibility, and in order to increase his credibility, he nodded thoughtfully. "Well, for sure that's the case, I'm a genius."
Lou Yiyi: Okay, I'm worried.
"Is that so?" Lou Jinjue felt that what Chu Fei said was wrong, but she couldn't think of anything, so she turned her head to look at her little sister and asked.
Lou Yiyi shook her head.
"I think someone killed Jiang Youyu, came here to bury the body, and was bumped into by Chen Youyu, what should have happened during the period, the murderer killed Chen Youyu again, but unfortunately Chen Youyu escaped, and in a panic, he hastily buried Jiang Youyu's body, threw down the shovel and ran away." Lou Yiyi guessed, turning her head to look at Leng Yan. "What do you have to guess?"
"It's about the same as you." Leng Yan was a little itchy by Lou Yiyi's shining little eyes, so she couldn't help it, touched the top of her head, and added: "The hairpin and jade bracelet on Chen Youyu's body should have been obtained by threatening the murderer, but the two may not have negotiated, or Chen Youyu made some excessive requests, and was hit on the back of the head with a shovel in anger by the murderer." β
"So the murderer is a woman?" Chu Fei wondered.
Lou Yiyi shook her head.
"It shouldn't be, Jiang is not such a big man, just an ordinary woman, she can't move, the murderer should be a man, but there is a woman next to him who is an accomplice."
"These two people, Chen Youyu and Jiang Yu, should know each other, and it should be from this town if nothing else." Leng Yan continued to follow behind Lou Yiyi to add.
"There is still a lack of evidence to identify the killers." Lou Yiyi sighed. "Chen Youyu's death should be just incidental, and the main line of the whole case has not yet emerged."
"Look over Jiang Yu again, what else is on Jiang Wei's body." Lou Jinjue couldn't bear to see her little sister frowning, and hurriedly touched her head and comforted. "Step by step, the murderer will always be caught, don't worry."
"I understand." Knowing that his brother was afraid that he would worry too much, Lou Yiyi showed a big smile to Lou Jinjue. "The search for Jiang Wei's body will be handed over to Feng Zhutou and Qi, and the time is not early, let's go to the town for a meal first, and then make plans in the afternoon."
"Just leave it to the lowly position, and a few of you please go back first." Feng Zhutou immediately bent down and took the order. "In the afternoon, I will go to the inn and tell you the results of the autopsy."
"Okay." Lou Yiyi nodded. "Then let's leave first, Feng Zhutou, you can also transport the body back earlier and have a meal."
"Thank you, Miss Lou, for your concern." Feng Zhutou thanked him.
The four of them went to the periphery of the woods to meet Xia Jiangwan and Lin Qianyi, and the group returned to the town.
After lunch, several people went back to the room to rest for a while, and Feng Zhutou came over.
"Go to my room and tell me, there are a lot of people here, I'm afraid it will cause panic." Lou Jinjue glanced at the people in the hall and said.
The crowd had no objection and followed them into the room.
"What happened to the autopsy?" Chu Fei was the first to ask.
Bowing respectfully to Chu Fei, Feng Zhutou said: "The cause of Jiang Yuan's death was also because of a heavy object hitting his head, unlike Chen Youyu, Jiang Yuan died directly after being beaten. β
"Can you guess what the murder weapon is?" Lou Jinjue asked.
"Porcelain, clay pots, and the like." Feng Zhutou said: "Take out some fragments from the back of the corpse's head." β
"No other clues?" Lou Yiyi asked.
"Yes." Feng Zhutou looked at Lou Yiyi. "Half a pack of unused drugs and a woman's handkerchief were found in the chest pocket of the corpse."
"Is there a 'month' embroidered on the handkerchief?" Lou Yiyi asked.
"Yes." Feng Zhutou nodded.
The room fell silent all at once.
"Are there many girls with moons in their names in the town?" Lou Jinjue asked with a frown.
Feng Zhutou lowered his head and thought for a moment before answering. "As far as I know, there are dozens."
"If you check them one by one, it will take a lot of time, and there should not be enough manpower." Chu Fei opened his mouth at the right time.
"So what to do?" Xia Jiangwan subconsciously looked at Lou Yiyi.
"Let's do this firstβ" Lou Yiyi sorted out her thoughts in her head. He said to Feng Zhutou: "Later, you will send someone to find out where the drug came from, and we will go to the foot of the mountain to see if we can find any clues." β
Feng Zhutou received the order, and immediately ordered his subordinates to do it quickly, and he followed Lou Yiyi and his party to the foot of the mountain.
"It doesn't look like there's a resident here." Lin Qianyi looked around, but didn't see anyone living there.
"Let's take a look ahead." Lou Jinjue pointed ahead and looked at everyone.
"There's a house there." Chu Fei's eyes were sharp, and he pointed to a farmhouse not far away and said excitedly.
Lou Yiyi paused and compared the woods with their current location.
"It's quite far from the woods where the body was found."
"It's about an hour's worth of foot power from here to the woods." Feng Zhutou estimated.
"It's still a little early to judge, let's go over and have a look." Leng Yan instantly understood Lou Yiyi's thoughts, and was a little surprised that her thinking was almost the same as her own.
"That's right, it's too arbitrary to draw conclusions now." Without being annoyed by being interrupted, Lou Yiyi smiled at Leng Yan. "Feng Zhutou, you go and explore the surroundings, let's go to that farmhouse and have a look."
"Yes." If there was really a problem with that farmer's family, he would only startle the snake when he went to the official mansion, and Feng Zhutou retreated with interest.
"Anyone?" When she arrived at the door, Lou Jinjue nodded at Lou Yiyi, knocked on the door, and asked.
"Who?" A man's gruff voice came from inside.
"That's right." Lou Jinjue smiled at the man. "A few of us came out to play, and before we knew it, we felt a little thirsty, and when we saw a family here, we took the liberty to come over and ask for water."