The night is getting darker.

The front hall of the palace was brightly lit, and Sun Shaozong lay on the round table where the banquet had been removed, looking at the file intently, and from time to time he would write hard, briefly transcribing some questions or supporting evidence on paper.

Wang Ren, who was still in high spirits before, didn't know where he had taken Xing Zhong at this time, only Xue Zhen and Sun Shaoxu were left, guarding Sun Shaozong on the left and right, desperately trying to see what the way was from those ghost talismans.

However, they obviously couldn't keep up with Sun Shaozong's jumping thinking, and in the end they had to give up cracking those messages and obediently wait for Sun Shaozong to start asking questions.

"Your Excellency."

At this time, Li Mu, the magistrate of Jiangning, came over with a few pieces of rice paper, and said cautiously: "This is the scene of the murder and the topographic map of the backyard of the Liu family." ”

Sun Shaozong took it and took a look, and saw that although the pictures above were brief, they were clearly layered and organized, and there were three points of landscape charm mixed between the brushstrokes, which were far beyond his expectations, and he couldn't help but subconsciously ask: "Who made these?" ”

"It's Sun's dowry maid Shuxuan."

Li Zhixian hurriedly replied: "She is most familiar with the layout of Sun's bedroom, and she is good at gongbi calligraphy and painting, so she is really the best candidate for drawing topographic maps." ”

Speaking of this, he complained in a timely manner: "That Liu Yuanwai originally intended to cover up for his son, and ordered someone to completely destroy the scene, and when he sent someone to investigate, he didn't say that it was blood stains on the ground, and even the blood-stained screen and mattress were burned clean. ”

Because the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty generally encouraged relatives to hide from each other, it was not uncommon for relatives and friends to destroy the scene.

And this is also the reason why Sun Shaozong is not ready to investigate the scene for the time being - first he was wreaked havoc by people, and now it has been two months, and the chance of finding clues is really minimal.

Nodding noncommittally, Sun Shaozong first selected the layout of the crime scene separately and corroborated it with the confession in the file.

The scene of the crime was located in the bedroom on the east side of the hall, the door opened in the middle of the west wall, and the screen tied to Sun's body was directly opposite.

Because of this, after the two maids entered the door, they found Sun's corpse at a glance.

According to the description in the complaint, the screen was about one foot and two feet from the gate, and the back was about four feet from the east wall, and it was a place to store bathtubs and other miscellaneous items.

As for the Babu bed where Liu Yiqing was sleeping soundly at the time of the crime, it was located due north, about one zhang five away from the screen and entrance.

Because it was a rainy day, the windows on the south side were locked from the inside.

After looking at it for a long time, Sun Shaozong took the topographic map of the backyard of Liufu in his hand and carefully studied it.

As mentioned earlier, Liufu is also a family of eunuchs, and the Nanzong of the Sun family generally settles outside the city, so this courtyard will naturally not be very small.

According to the picture, if a snitch really broke into the Liu family and killed the Sun family, he would at least have to climb over the two high and one low wall, and hide from the few domestic dogs raised by the Liu Mansion.

This was already quite difficult, not to mention that it was still rainy at the time, and it was even more difficult to go high and low without leaving a trace.

As for the manservant in the Liu family......

According to the topographical map and the confession, between the backyard and the front yard, there are servants guarding 24 hours a day.

And because it was rainy, most of the servants of the Liu family got together to deal with some trivial things indoors, even if someone was alone halfway, it was less than a quarter of an hour.

At such a time, it may be possible to climb over the wall and touch the backyard, but after killing the Sun family, it is impossible to tie her body to the screen with the intention of blaming Liu Yiqing.

All this, it is no wonder that Jiangning County will determine that Liu Yiqing killed the Sun family when there are still doubts about the case.

After looking at the remaining topographic maps one by one, Sun Shaozong turned his attention to the bustling dozen or so witnesses outside the gate.

"Let's bring Liu Changfeng and his son first, the maid Shuxuan, Mu Qin, and the housekeeper Song Ji, and the servants Liu Yan, Sang Youfu and others."

Liu Changfeng's father and son and the two maids didn't say much, and the housekeeper and servant behind them were the ones who were responsible for cleaning up the scene.

Li Zhixian hurriedly went down to spread the word in person, and brought those people in after a short time.

Liu Changfeng is a rich middle-aged man, although his son Liu Yiqing is wearing shackles and is a little skinny, but his appearance is still slightly higher than Sun Shaozong.

After entering the door, the father and son fell to their knees first, and the servants behind them also prostrate on the ground.

"Wronged ......"

That Liu Changfeng was about to cry out for injustice, but he heard Sun Shaozong raise his voice and ask: "Song Ji, Liu Yan, Sang Youfu, what did you see when you cleaned up the scene of the murder, and you brought them to the official one by one." ”

The three of them obviously didn't expect that the official master would ask him first, and at that moment, Liu Yan and Sang Youfu were a little panicked.

And Song Ji was the housekeeper in the end, he was more calm than the two of them, and when he was called to the backyard by Liu Changfeng at that time to help clean up the bloodstains of the corpse, he roughly recounted it.

However, what he mentioned in his words was basically recorded in the files of Jiangning County, and there was nothing new.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong asked again: "Besides, do you have anything else to add?" ”

"The villain has nothing more to add."

Song Ji categorically denied it, but Liu Yan subconsciously looked at Liu Changfeng, and seemed to be embarrassed.

How can such a small action be concealed from Sun Shaozong?

When even the name said: "Liu Yan, are you hiding something?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Liu Yan hadn't done anything, and Liu Changfeng urged repeatedly: "It's been like this, what else can't you say?" Could it be that you want to kill the young master?! ”

Seeing that the official named his name and surname, and the lord urged him repeatedly, Liu Yan said tremblingly: "Don't dare to expire the old man, when the villain cleaned up the blood stains on the ground, he picked up a candle stained with blood......

This point is actually recorded in the dossier, but Sun Shaozong looked at his appearance, and obviously had other inside information, so he ordered: "Keep talking." ”

I heard Liu Yan say in a hurry: "There is nothing on the candle except for ...... In addition to the bloodstains, there are ...... There's also something slimy that seems to be ...... It seems to be something that men and women make out when they are something. ”

"And that's it...... The candle was a little flattened at the root, and it seemed to be ...... It seems to be a ...... that has been pinched."

It turned out that he had concealed such things, no wonder this guy had scruples in front of everyone.

Sun Shaozong pondered for a moment, and then asked further: "Has it ever been contaminated with the man's rice green liquid?" ”

"This ...... It seems that there is. ”

"You're not sure?"

"Yes! The villain clearly remembered that it was indeed stained with men's dirt. ”

Hearing this, Sun Shaozong stretched out his hand and pointed to the candlestick not far away, and instructed the people of the palace to take two candles down, one to his own hand, and one to Na Liu Yan.

Sun Shaozong slowly exerted his strength, pinched the candle slightly, and asked Liu Yan if it was like this.

"It's going to be flattened."

After getting a negative answer, Sun Shaozong pinched it more flattened, which was confirmed by Liu Yan.

Throwing the flattened candle aside, Sun Shaozong instructed again: "You try it to see what difference there is between this candle and the candle you found at the scene of the murder." ”

That Liu Yan pinched the candle a few times, and then broke it in half, and then shook his head and said, "This candle is softer, not as hard as the one in our house." ”

Tut~

The hardness of this kind of candle used in the palace is not low, but the Liu family's is even harder - it seems that it should have been used for a long time and deeply, otherwise it will not be significantly deformed.

So what does this emerging detail mean?

The murderer is a pervert?

So after he entered the time of the sage, he also risked that Liu Yiqing might wake up at any time, and repeatedly humiliated the Sun family with a candle?

Or......

The murderer is actually a fast man, who was despised by the Sun family because of the second shot, so he vented his shame with the help of external forces?

Or......

The murderer is Liu Yiqing himself, so naturally he doesn't need to scruple about anything?

After briefly recording the suspicions in his mind on a piece of paper, Sun Shaozong asked again: "Besides, do you have anything else to add?" ”

Seeing that Liu Yan had really added some details, Liu Changfeng suddenly came to his senses, turned around and promised: "If anyone can come up with anything useful, I will definitely have a heavy reward, master!" ”

Under this heavy reward, there was indeed another 'brave man'.

But I heard Sang Youfu muttering: "Big man, villain...... The villain also saw something, but he didn't know if it was useful. ”

Sun Shaozong said categorically: "Whether it is useful or not, your master will be rewarded!" ”

Encouraged by this unpaid promise, Sang Youfu hurriedly said: "When the villain swept the bloodstains, he found some white broken wax in front of the screen, which looked like ...... fell when he peeled off the wax pills."

Wax pellet fragments?

Sun Shaozong turned his gaze to Liu Yiqing: "You and Sun, what pills did you use before the crime?" ”

"No!"

Liu Yiqing hurriedly shook his head like a rattle, and said firmly: "My wife and I are in good health, how have you ever used any pills?" ”

Sun Shaozong asked the two maids again, and they both shook their heads again and again.

In this way......

It is highly likely that this thing was not originally from the scene of the crime.

That is, it is likely that the murderer brought it to the scene.

Could it be that it was filled with some kind of psychedelic or something to break Sun's resistance?

That seems to make sense.

But......

Is it necessary to make pills?

This thing should be as user-friendly as possible, okay?

Even if it is made into pills, it should be peeled out in advance when it is ready to be used.

As for the volatilization of medicinal properties or something......

Solid pills, there should be no such problem.

As for the liquid anesthetic......

If you really want to be liquid, just use a water bladder, bamboo jar or something, isn't it much more reliable than a wax pill?

In short, this is another clue that cannot be connected to the case for the time being.

Recording all kinds of speculations on paper again, Sun Shaozong immediately set his eyes on one of the maids.

After Sang Youfu told the story of the 'wax pill' and got the promise of a heavy reward, this girl was eager to try, obviously thinking of clues that had not been recorded! ()

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