Chapter 370: Mystery Case
The drum of the yamen was awakened, and someone reported the crime.
He said that in the moat was the corpse of a woman, with no long body and a blurred face.
"Eighty percent of the little lady who had a tryst with her lover, and she slipped into the water without paying attention......"
"You're going to date the little lady by the moat?"
The little catcher who guessed loudly suffered the back of his head, and the old catcher blew his beard and glared at his eyes, and he was happy halfway through the scolding. At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the emperor's grace is vast, no one dares to make trouble for a long time, and eighty percent of them are a person who can't think of committing suicide and making it true.
As a result, as soon as the female corpse was transported to the Yamen and handled by the staff, all the arrests were almost gone.
"The drowning victim's whole body was swollen and pale, there was a foreign body sensation in the chest and abdomen, and his lips were bruised and water-stained, which completely did not match this female corpse, so you can see for yourself." He was angry and wanted to hammer and blast this group of chaotic catchers.
was mentioned as a point, and everyone noticed that something was wrong.
This female corpse had a ruddy complexion and trismus, a slight frown on her brows, and a faint bruise on her neck.
The moat is not the scene of a murder, it is the place where the body is dumped.
Someone was so bold that the catchers angrily went to the streets to visit from house to house, and for a time the people in the city were all concerned about this matter.
visited back and forth many times, causing the people to complain.
He was stopped by the people many times, and there was no progress in putting pressure on the catchers, and the governor who was worried about losing a lot of hair entered the palace to ask Emperor Shengxi for help.
"It's been a matter of seven days before I want to report it, what do I want you to do?"
Nian Zai governor has no merit and hard work, and he was punished for half a year to make him guilty of meritorious service, Emperor Shengxi summoned Su Zhiyu, "There is a life case in the city, the impact is bad, hand it over to you for investigation, the governor will assist from the side, and the case must be solved within three days." ”
"The minister went back to the house to talk to Ruonan, and then went to the yamen to report." Su Zhiyu took the order.
He lived in Su Mansion and heard about the female corpse case.
This is what the people have been talking about the most recently, and the saying of robbing money has spread the most, and even Du Ruonan knows that his heart is on Ruoyu's upstairs.
"I know, just that the girl was robbed and robbed at night and even took her life, is it really that the girl can't think of suicide? How much time did Your Majesty give, and was it enough? I want to follow along, too. Du Ruonan asked like a cannonball, wanting to know first-hand information.
She was also worried about Su Zhiyu.
The murder case of the entire imperial city being dispatched to catch it quickly may not be useful if it depends on Su Zhiyu.
What's more, most of the people think that the girl is inappropriate and deserves to lose her life, she doesn't want Su Zhiyu to get into trouble.
Su Zhiyu had a different idea.
The inside story of this case is completely different from the remote rumors, and the arresters are misled, which is exactly the situation that the murderer wants to see.
For a long-planned murder, the murderer must be the deceased's closest person.
"Three days is enough, don't worry, you can change your clothes if you want to follow, there are some places that are filthy and bloody and should not be seen by women." Su Zhiyu also wanted to bring Du Ruonan with him, but he was reluctant to let people go and think nonsense in Su Mansion.
The yamen is heavy, and women have never been allowed to appear at the scene of the murder.
The woman's heart is poor, she is easy to scream and faint when she sees the bloody and disgusting scene, the murder scene is destroyed, and the difficulty of the arresters to find evidence increases exponentially, and over time, no one is willing to take the woman to investigate the case together.
It is rare for women to catch fast, and it is rare for women to work.
Let Du Ruonan watch the excitement on the side, and think that it will not be in the way.
"But you have to make an appointment with me for three chapters, wear men's clothes at all times, don't expose yourself to danger, and don't cause trouble to the people who solve the case."
As soon as this murder happened, most of the eldest mothers and little girls went to the streets.
If it weren't for Du Ruonan being bored at home, Su Zhiyu wouldn't have thought about taking Du Ruonan out, so he would take a detour to the moat and then go to the yamen to report.
As soon as he heard that he was riding a horse to go around the moat, Du Ruonan immediately changed his riding clothes, and was stuffed into the carriage by Su Zhiyu the next moment.
The carriage swayed through the crowd and passed through the city gate, and Su Zhiyu invited Du Ruonan to walk along the moat, but was thrown away.
Is this the right place to go on a date?
Who will choose to date near the scene of the murder, isn't it chaotic enough?
Kicking the pebble angrily, Du Ruonan gritted his teeth, and became angry when he saw Su Zhiyu, and he didn't remember that he was here to do business.
The good thing about walking with her head down is that she finds a beaded hairpin.
"I heard that the deceased had no long belongings, could it be that the things on her body were deliberately taken away? Look at this pearl hairpin, could it be left from the murderer? Du Ruonan was pleasantly surprised to share her discovery.
The style of the bead hairpin is simple, like a small flower, and it is a popular model in the previous year.
She received this pearl hairpin, which was made by Su Zhiyu with six precious East Pearls, and it is still treasured in Du Ruonan's jewelry box.
According to the materials used, there is no upper limit on the price of this pearl hairpin, and the cheapest one is fifteen taels of silver, which is worth the expenses of ordinary people for a family of five for three years.
can afford to use this pearl hairpin, Du Ruonan asserted that his family background is not bad.
Su Zhiyu found the catcher to put away the pearl hairpin as evidence, and the catcher immediately notified the governor to come.
Under the guidance of the catcher, Su Zhiyu and Du Ruonan went to the place where the female corpse was salvaged, but did not leave any clues after a long time.
"This is the survey record of the subordinates, please take a look at it."
Only promised to send the record, and the catchers secretly congratulated the master for his habit of making records. Worry-free Literature Network
Lying on Su Zhiyu's shoulder and looking at the survey record together, Du Ruonan knew more and more that the rumors were not credible.
It was the husband who reported the crime.
As the day dawned, he came home from the moat as usual, and saw a white thing floating in the river from a distance, and thought that it might be a treasure, so he went back and called his family to salvage it.
When he fished it up, he was stupid, and the husband hurriedly looked for the city gate guard.
The guards hurriedly maintained the scene and notified the yamen.
Due to the husband's actions, the scene was damaged a lot, and the catchers also found useful clues.
There were no rut marks at the scene, and the murderer carried the deceased into the river by his own strength, but no footprints were seen on the bank of the river.
Thinking of the pearl hairpin found by Du Ruonan, Su Zhiyu was thoughtful.
The water is flowing and can be dragged forward, and the current location may not be the actual place where the murderer dumped the body.
After flipping through the investigation records, Su Zhiyu needed more clues, "Do you have an autopsy report here?" A record of the visits of the people in the city? ”
"The autopsy report is kept by the master, and the visit record is in the hands of the master, Master Su wants to see it and go to the mansion, but these small things can be seen but cannot be taken out of the mansion." Catch Kuai said with a wry smile.
He and his colleagues were on duty at the moat, and they had not been home for seven days to get a good night's sleep.
The governor also said that if they couldn't solve the case, they would have to pack up and get out.
In contact with Su Zhiyu, it is better to keep his job, and he looks forward to Su Zhiyu solving the case as soon as possible.
Under the ardent expectation of catching fast, Su Zhiyu's pressure doubled.
"I found footprints, Zhiyu, come and take a look." Looking at the records, Du Ruonan didn't disturb Su Zhiyu to wander around, and suddenly greeted loudly.
Is this survey record really reliable? Su Zhiyu turned the record upside down.
Catch Kuai bowed his head in shame, and at first he regarded it as suicide, and no one seriously surveyed and protected the scene.
When he said that it was a homicide, there were still people at the scene who stood on tiptoe to watch the play, and the arresters had no way to remedy it.
The footprints were hidden in the messy grass from the spot where the pearl hairpin was found, and if it weren't for the fact that he almost slipped down the river, Du Ruonan would not have found the footprints.
Caught the fast trotting and measured the footprints, taking the opportunity to escape Su Zhiyu's punishment.
"You forgot the third chapter of the covenant," Su Zhiyu was very angry.
Du Ruonan shook his head obediently, not daring to talk back.
It was an accident, she saw that the leaves by the river were good, and planned to bring one back as a trick.
Ruoyulou's new style of the season has not yet been done, and Du Ruonan does not want to be sloppy.
Seeing that the catchers were busy with the case, Du Ruonan didn't want to bother, so he decided to do it himself, overestimating his height and underestimating his height, so he didn't step on it when he jumped and fell, thanks to the quick eyes of the nearby catchers.
"Don't be angry, I'm not good, and I've found new clues." Du Ruonan shook Su Zhiyu's sleeve flatteringly.
After all, he was reluctant to be angry with his lover, and Su Zhiyu knocked down Du Ruonan as a punishment.
Capture and quickly submit the results of the footprint survey.
The footprints are one and a half palms long, and the soles of the feet are the same width as the male palms, indicating that the murderer is most likely male.
If the left foot is a knuckle deep and the right foot is more superficial, the person may have a disability in the legs and feet, or may have a heavy object on the body deliberately disguised, or may have been left by drunkenness.
"The murderer is a thoughtful person."
Greeting the coming governor, Su Zhiyu admired.
Knowing that the catchers were careless in their investigations, the governor was furious and invited Su Zhiyu to the mansion.
After listening to the governor's apology all the way, Su Zhiyu was tired.
In the government office, Su Zhiyu and Du Ruonan cooperated in the division of labor, Su Zhiyu read the autopsy report, and Du Ruonan read the visit record.
The deceased was found to have been hit on the back of the head, food scraps in his abdomen, and nail marks on his palms, all of which prove that the deceased had an argument with someone before going to bed after eating, and was strangled to death after being hit hard and falling into a coma.
The newly discovered hairpin has tooth marks on the handle, which are consistent with the deceased's teeth.
reported to the emperor's labor Su Zhiyu, and it was right, and the governor drank and encouraged.
The visit record is more like a short complaint from the parents, such as losing a chicken at home today, asking if you are going to start a family, if you can't give your daughter to catch fast, and the fast catchers are all honestly recorded.
Du Ruonan read it with relish.
"Look at this family, the only son of the Xu family married a girl from the Zhang family, doesn't it seem like a reality in the book?" Seeing something funny, Du Ruonan pulled Su Zhiyu to look at it.
Su Zhiyu asked Du Ruonan to play by himself, and called the secret guard to call Du Ruonan.
Du Ruonan is very interested in the story of Xu Gongzi Zhang's girl, maybe he can come up with a new wedding dress, and Ruoyulou's new seasonal products are available.
The lazy catcher quickly came to Du Ruonan to offer his courtesy.
As soon as he saw Xu Zhang, he immediately gushed about it, and the pair was also a celebrity near his home.
Xu Gongzi's name is Xu Ming, his father was digging in the soil, he looked good, he could only work as a long-term worker in the shop if he couldn't study, and he happened to be in Zhang's shop. Boss Zhang was very optimistic about Xu Ming, and he only had an only daughter, so he moved the idea of letting Xu Ming get rich.
Everyone thought that Xu Ming would not agree to join the family, but Xu Ming agreed.