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As the hometown of the Confucian saint, Shandong has always attached great importance to cultural and educational matters, which can be seen only from the scale of the school. This Jinan Mansion School not only occupies a very wide area, but also its palace hall is quite magnificent, and even the dormitories of the rows of teachers and students located in the rear are much more spacious than those in other places, and the surrounding flowers and trees are more widely planted, and the environment is quiet.

The towering trees in the courtyard must have been hundreds of years old, and the entire branch spread out like an umbrella, completely covering a large area of the surrounding dormitory, so that direct sunlight could not be obtained. Originally, this arrangement could make the people who lived in it feel more cool and comfortable, but at this time, this somewhat dark environment made people feel a little uneasy.

Because in this deep depth, on the beam of one of the dormitories, there was a lifeless body hanging in the air at this time, with that miserable white face and closed eyes, which made ordinary people exclaim at the sight.

Of course, it is impossible for Lu Jin, who is accustomed to seeing wind and waves, to be frightened by such a corpse, although he also frowned after coming to the door to see this scene, but the main reason is that the government has arranged it like this, and it has been a long time, and the dead have not yet been released.

He understood that this was a decision made by He Yuan in order to please himself, which meant that everything was decided by the people he had appointed. But this approach is a little sensitive in the eyes of others, at least at this time, the faces of Peng Dingzhen and the others are very ugly, and there is a little more doubt in their eyes.

Lu Zhen could only smile bitterly, and then said to He Yuan: "He Zhifu, hurry up and put people down, it's really unseemly to hang like this." As he said this, his gaze flickered over the rearranged stool that was at the foot of the corpse, and sure enough, he found that it was a little shorter, and it was impossible for Su Mu to hang the beam from it.

He Yuan then ordered someone to remove the corpse, and after a long period of busy work, he put it flat on the somewhat messy bed. At this time, Tang Lian had just carefully inspected the bed under the gaze of everyone, and when he saw the corpse coming, he took advantage of the situation to check the corpse again.

There were also two officials from the government over there, who originally planned to come over to inspect it, but when they saw that the lord of the brocade guard had taken the lead, they didn't dare to come up again, so they could only stand aside and wait with some contempt. Seeing this, Lu Zhen said to them: "You guys should also go up and check, many people are more at ease." ”

After getting the order of the governor, the two servants had the courage to step forward, but they only helped Tang Lian to fight and turn over the corpse, but they didn't dare to make their own decisions.

While they were inspecting, Lu Zhen asked He Yuan and several teachers about some things related to the case: "Look at the furnishings in this house, there should be two students living in the same room with Su Mu, weren't they here last night?" ”

In fact, this question is just a matter of routine, but to others, it has the meaning of pushing the suspicion on these students, which makes the faces of several teachers and scholars sink. Without waiting for He Yuan to answer, a teacher surnamed Huang replied: "It is true that the adults said, but yesterday afternoon, all the cadres in the school were temporarily sent home, and only a few people stayed. ”

"Oh?" Lu Zhen nodded, and asked again, "Then what if they secretly came back without you knowing?" Seeing that the other party was wary of him, he simply asked more deeply.

"This is impossible, the government has its own rules here, whether it is a student or a teaching, you must verify your identity when you enter and exit, and at the same time register it, it is impossible for someone to sneak in without everyone."

"I see, the government school can be so rigorous, but the official is deeply admired." Lu Zhen smiled and praised him, but those officials didn't appreciate it very much.

He Yuan also opened his mouth at this time and added: "And after the lower official arrived with people, he had already taken over the return list, and there was indeed no record of the other two people in this room coming back." ”

"Well, it seems that their suspicion can be cleared. And what about the few students who stayed here last night? Did anyone ask them about last night? "Even if they're not murderers, they should be able to hear something.

He Yuan shook his head and said: "Those students were very frightened after knowing that there were deaths around them, and they haven't been able to reply normally until now, and it's not good for the lower officials to force them too hard." ”

"Lord Futai, you don't think it's the students in this school who killed Su Muxia, right?" Seeing that he kept directing the problem to the people in the school, Peng Dingzhen finally couldn't help it, and said with a black face. Although Lu Jin's identity is much higher than him, he is also among the local high-ranking officials as a provincial student, and this matter has a lot to do with the students, so of course he can't continue to be silent.

Lu Zhen glanced at him, but he was not very angry, and explained calmly: "This is just a regular question, why should Master Tixue be so concerned?" This case happened at night, and it was in this well-guarded and orderly school, so it was natural to check whether it was done by the people inside. ”

"My lord, I forgive you for saying this, and it is difficult for the officials to agree." Since he opened his mouth, Peng Dingzhen had nothing to scruple about, and immediately said: "After all, this school is different from the yamen, although there are soldiers on duty outside, but it is more just a look." If someone really wants to sneak into the wall from somewhere, I'm afraid it won't be a difficult thing to do. When he said this, his eyes slipped out of the few Lu Jin's entourages outside intentionally or unintentionally, and his meaning was self-evident!

In the face of his vague suspicions, Lu Zhen was not angry, but nodded lightly: "What Peng Ti said is that there are indeed these two possibilities in this case. However, it is an indisputable fact that the official always has to divide the severity of the case first, and compared with the latter, it is also an indisputable fact that the former may succeed. Moreover, there is one suspicion that is enough to prove my claim. ”

"But what?" Peng Dingzhen was stunned and asked.

"That is, this murder case did not alarm others." Lu Zhen glanced at everyone and said, "If someone from outside sneaks in and murders Su Mu, how can he find this place accurately?" I don't think anyone knows exactly where it lives except for the people in this school, right? And if you want to find its location from room to room, it is not easy to be blinded by the black light, and it is easy to be detected by others. If this question cannot be solved, it is much more likely that people inside the school will kill people than people from outside. ”

Lu Jin's analysis is indeed very reasonable, even Patten Dingzhen or those few teachers can only nod in agreement. Although their suspicions about Lu Zhen were not dissipated, they had to carefully consider that it was their own internal students who did the case.

At this time, the Huang Sect spoke again: "But...... This Su Mu has always been kind and friendly, and he has always been friendly with his classmates, and he has never seen a conflict with anyone, how could someone do this to him! Obviously, he still can't accept such an inference.

"The world is unpredictable, no one dares to guarantee whether he has offended his classmates unconsciously." It was Patten who said a fair word at this time.

It's just that after such a conversation, it didn't help this case at all, but made people feel more and more confused. Therefore, everyone can only pin their hopes on Tang Lian and others' inquest of the corpse and the scene.

After being busy for a while, a few people stopped, and Tang Lian wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand before coming to Lu Jin: "My lord, the cause of death of the deceased should have been confirmed." ”

"But what?" Several people asked in unison.

"It is true that he was hung from the beams of the house after his death, not hanged." Tang Lian said: "This can be concluded only from the strangulation marks on his neck. As he spoke, he also gave a slight explanation, saying that the marks on his neck were facing, that is, they were hung before death, and whether the deceased's tongue was sticking out, can also be used as evidence to judge whether he hanged himself, and so on.

After Lu Zhen and the others listened for a while, they knew that his judgment was indeed reasonable, so they no longer asked in detail, but immediately turned to a more critical question: "How did he be killed?" "It is now fully confirmed that Sumu was murdered.

"Judging from the complexion of his corpse, the blood spots in his eyes, the remaining wounds on his hands and the marks on the bed in the room, he was smothered alive with a quilt!" Tang Lian led them to the bed, pointed to the corpse's hand and said, "He didn't leave any scars elsewhere, only his fingernails were greatly damaged, which should be caused by the whole person struggling after being stuffed into the quilt." Moreover, the subordinates also found a small piece of broken nails embedded in the quilt, which should be the deceased. ”

"I see...... No wonder the people in the other rooms couldn't hear any movement, and his screams before he died should have been muffled by the quilt. Lu Zhen nodded and said.

The faces of the others also became very ugly, and they shuddered just thinking about Su Mu's painful death.

"Did the murderer leave any clues?" Lu Jin asked with concern again. Although he didn't know what Rocca's law was, he also knew that as long as he committed murder, there would always be traces left.

But this time he was disappointed, and he saw Tang Lian shaking his head with some regret: "I don't know if the other party is extra careful, and he didn't leave anything behind." The only thing that is a little strange is that there are some tears on the edge of the bed, which is supposed to be the marks left by the murderer when he killed people. ”

"Huh?" When Lu Zhen heard this, his heart moved, and he seemed to have some idea.

At this moment, an official from the government suddenly ran to the door: "My lord, we just searched around, and found that there were traces of someone climbing over the wall at the back wall not far from here!" ”

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