Su Wuming was very disgusted by the fact that the body was put down before it was examined, because this kind of behavior destroyed the murder scene, which was easy to give people the illusion, and it would take some time to figure out the situation at the scene.

Cheng Bo's body was placed on the bed, looking very peaceful, and after Su Wuming carefully examined it, he found that the deceased's lips were purple, his eyes were large, his mouth was closed, and there was even blood flowing out of his ears, and there was a deep strangulation mark on the deceased's neck and jaw.

After seeing it like this, Su Wuming immediately got up and said, "The cause of death is easy to identify, it was poisoned!" ”

"Poisoned?" Everyone was a little surprised, because if he was poisoned, why did he make the body look like he was hanged, did he want everyone to think that he was committing suicide? But since the murderer killed someone, he shouldn't be stupid to such a point, judging from the face of the deceased, you can see at a glance that he didn't hang himself.

Is it because everyone thinks that this is a ghost killer, so they hang it?

At this time, Su Wuming explained: "That's right, the deceased was indeed poisoned, the deceased's lips were purple, and there was blood flowing out of his ears, it was obvious that he was poisoned, and the deceased's mouth was closed, it can be inferred that the murderer killed the deceased and dropped it, if the deceased fell off before he died, his mouth would definitely be open because he wanted to breathe." ”

Everyone bowed slightly, and then, Su Wuming ordered someone to call Cheng Bo's family.

There were three of Cheng Bo's wives and concubines, and Su Wuming glanced at them and asked, "Who found the body first?" ”

The three women glanced at each other, then pointed to the maid standing outside: "Xiaoyu! ”

Xiaoyu's appearance was not very good-looking, and when she came in, she looked nervous and scared to the extreme, so that her words were intermittent when she saluted.

Seeing her like this, Su Wuming comforted: "Just ask you a few questions, don't be so nervous, you can tell me about the discovery of the corpse!" ”

Xiaoyu nodded, and then said: "This morning, I came to bring washing water to the master, but after pushing the door open, I found that the body of the master was hanging on the beam, which was really scary, I threw away the washing water and hurriedly called Mrs. ”

"At that time, Cheng Bo fell on the beam of the house, is there a chair under his feet?"

"There were no chairs, so ...... That's why it is said that it is a lonely ghost who kills people! ”

After Xiaoyu said this, she trembled with fright, and lowered her head slightly, glancing at Cheng Bo's ladies.

Su Wuming's brows condensed slightly, he felt that this was simply incredible, there was no chair under his feet, Su Wuming didn't believe that there were ghosts, so the only thing that could be explained was that the murderer took the chair away, and the murderer took the chair away, in order to make people think that this was a ghost murder, or was there another purpose?

When he thought of this, Su Wuming glanced up at the beams in Cheng Bo's house, because the Cheng family was very rich, the houses were very large, and the beams were also very high, and it was not easy to hang a person.

"Where's the lanyard?"

One of Cheng Bo's concubines pointed to a table in the room, at this time there was a rope on the table, the rope was not very long, after Su Wuming saw the rope, he was a little puzzled, and hurriedly asked: "This is the rope for hanging corpses?" ”

Cheng Bo's family and Xiaoyu nodded again and again, and said that after getting Cheng Bo's body down, the rope was thrown here, and no one touched it.

Su Wuming looked at the few of them, and asked a little sternly: "The rope is very short, and it is even more broken after folding, if Cheng Bo was hung on the beam of the house by this rope, then he must be at least two zhang away from the ground at that time!" ”

After Su Wuming finished speaking, those people nodded again and again, and Xiaoyu even said: "The old man's body is not much away from the beam of the house, when he called someone to come, the people in the house couldn't reach the master's feet, and finally let people find an escalator, which brought down the old man's body." ”

Listening to Xiaoyu's words, everyone could almost imagine that in this huge house, a corpse was hanging alone on it, and everyone couldn't reach it, so they could only look up with their eyes.

The scene at that time must have been very shocking, because it was absolutely impossible, so after everyone saw this scene, they felt that it was a ghost murder.

Su Wuming's brows tightened, this kind of killing method, this is the first time he has seen it, how did the murderer hang the corpse? If it is an escalator, then this murderer must be strong and strong, and picking up a corpse is like playing.

But can't the people in the house hear such a big movement?

Thinking of this, Su Wuming looked at Cheng Bo's ladies and asked, "Last night, which of you accompanied Cheng Bo?" ”

Several women were a little nervous, and they all shook their heads and said that no one was with them.

This made Su Wuming very puzzled, although Cheng Bo is middle-aged, he is not bad in that regard, and he only has one daughter, why is his eagerness for his son incomparable to others, so he doesn't do what a man should do at night?

Although he felt a little embarrassed, Su Wuming still asked, "As Cheng Bo's wife, why don't you accompany him in his room?" ”

Several women blushed, a little embarrassed, after a long time, Cheng Bo's wife said: "I can't hide it, my husband wants a son very much, so his body is sometimes a little overworked, unbearable, our sisters discussed, so let the husband rest for a while, and then our sisters want to give birth to a son for the master, so every month on the 20th, we have to go to the Buddha hall to chant Buddha, pray for the husband, plus a few days ago there was a haunted thing in the house, we dare not neglect this prayer." ”

After Cheng Bo's wife finished speaking, Su Wuming and they already understood, and after understanding, they felt that the murderer must have investigated all these things clearly, so they would implement the murder plan last night, because yesterday happened to be July 20.

When Cheng Bo was alone in the house, he poisoned him, and then hung him up, which was simply too smooth for the murderer.

Now, if Su Wuming wants to investigate this murder case clearly, they must find out how the murderer got the deceased's body onto the beams of the house, and then how the murderer poisoned Cheng Bo.

"Who brought Cheng Bo's meal yesterday?"

"Because the house is very large, it is rare to sit down to eat together, and the master's meals are brought by Xiaoyu, but there should be no problem with those meals, because several of our sisters have also eaten them."

"Where's the wine?"

"The wine is collected by the master himself, and the wine is only drunk by the master alone, we are more women, and we can't drink alcohol."

"Where's the rest of the drink?"

"Normally, the master puts it in the cabinet over there!" Cheng Bo's wife said, pointing to a very delicate cabinet on the wall, Su Wuming glanced at it, and walked slowly to open it, but when he opened it, he found that although there was wine inside, it was all sealed, and the jar of wine that Cheng Bo drank last night was gone.

I guess it was taken by the murderer.

The murderer is familiar with Cheng Bo's habits, and can walk freely in Cheng Mansion, coupled with the situations that Su Wuming knew before, it is basically very certain that the murderer is a person from Cheng Mansion, but who it is must be carefully investigated to know.

After examining the body, Cheng Li ran over and put Cheng Bo's body in the coffin, but Su Wuming told him that it was best not to bury him for the time being until the murder was investigated, it was autumn now, and the body could be preserved for some time.

Although this made Cheng Li very embarrassed, he finally nodded and agreed, after all, this is a murder case, and it must be recorded in the county office.

After noon, Cheng Yu's expression was a little better, but because of this heart-wrenching thing, his body suddenly stepped down, and he couldn't even get out of bed.

After making sure that Cheng Yu was able to talk, Su Wuming entered Cheng Yu's room, and Cheng Yu's son, daughter, and grandson were all accompanied in the house at that time, but after Su Wuming and them entered, Cheng Yu ordered them to leave.

Su Wuming sat down on the chair in front of the bed, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "This official knows that Old Man Cheng is unacceptable to be hit like this, but he also asks Old Man Cheng to be able to mourn and change so that we can find out the real culprit who killed your son." ”

Cheng Yu wanted to cry without tears, and suddenly exhaled after a long time, and said: "The eldest son I love the most in my life is this eldest son, and so is my old lady, but I never expected that he would go one step ahead of me, hey, the world is impermanent, it seems that I won't live long!" ”

"Old man Cheng, don't be so pessimistic, everything can be in accordance with the will of God."

"Yes, that's the only way, doesn't Lord Su have something to ask the old man, please just ask, in order to avenge the old man's son, the old man knows everything!"

Seeing that Cheng Yu was so reasonable, Su Wuming nodded again and again, and then asked, "I wonder what Old Man Cheng thinks about Ling Lang's killing?" ”

Cheng Yu couldn't understand what Su Wuming meant, so he hesitated slightly, and asked after a long time, "What does Master Su mean?" ”

"Ling Lang was killed, who do you think will kill Ling Lang?"

As soon as Su Wuming said this, Cheng Yu suddenly understood, and after thinking about it carefully, his face changed suddenly, and then he hurriedly said: "The dog is well versed in the way of business, and he has never made enemies with others, and he really can't think of anyone who will think of harming him." ”

"Old Man Cheng really can't think of anyone who will harm Ling Lang?"

Cheng Yu shook his head: "I really can't think of it!" ”

"Since Old Man Cheng can't think of it, how about this official?"

Cheng Yu's eyes were a little dazed, he didn't seem to want to listen to Su Wuming's words, but after a long time, he still nodded.

"Old man Cheng loves Cheng Bo very much, and wants to leave the family business to him to take care of after a hundred years, so are your other children willing?"

From Cheng Yu's eyes just now, Su Wuming had already seen it, and he must have thought of this, so he refused to say it.

"What Master Su said is not wrong at all, but my Cheng family is a huge family, and only Bo'er has the ability to support the continuation, and the other sons, hey, it can't be done!"