"My lord, the father-in-law of the slave family, I don't like to move around, I stay in the house all day, except for eating, I rarely go out of my room. If you want to see it, you'll have to go there yourself! Mrs. Xiao said.

It seems that Old Man Xiao is still a strange person! Feng Manlou followed Mrs. Xiao and walked to a secluded wing room at the back of the house, and the officials behind him wanted to follow up, but they were stopped by Feng Manlou, and there were only two attendants with him, in order to protect the safety of Feng Manlou.

As Mrs. Xiao walked, she introduced Xiao Zhang's father, that is, her father-in-law, named Xiao Zongxun. I'm in my early fifties this year.

Soon, I arrived at a secluded wing, which was not only in the deepest part of the house, but also not connected to the outside place, behind the wings were two or three rows of big trees, and finally the wall, and there was no street behind the house, not facing the street, so it seemed very secluded.

Mrs. Xiao knocked on the door and explained the reason for the incident, and Xiao Zongxun invited Feng Manlou in.

Feng Manlou saw the salute and said: "The misfortune of your son, Lord Xiao, this county deeply regrets it!" It's just that the housekeeper of your mansion went to the yamen to state that according to the regulations of the imperial court, it was to examine Lord Xiao's body! , please also ask Mrs. Xiao to be successful, don't be embarrassed! ”

This old man Xiao is really strange, in addition to liking to be alone, there always seems to be a strange smell on his body, Feng Manlou smelled carefully, and determined that there was more than one, of course, there was a smell of sandalwood, but it was also accompanied by a smell of urine! It's just that the smell of sandalwood suppresses the smell of urine, so it's very faint and not easy to detect, and if you don't pay attention, you can't smell it at all.

Feng Manlou feels unusual, looking at this old man, he is conscious, and he doesn't look like he has Alzheimer's, and his body is tough, it shouldn't be incontinence.

But I heard Xiao Zongxun say: "My lord, please do it, why bother the old man!" ”

As soon as Feng Manlou heard the voice, he felt strange, the voice was a little sharp, although it was Oh speaking in a thick voice, but it could still be recognized. I have also watched a lot of TV series in my later life, and I am familiar with such a voice, which is similar to the eunuchs in TV.

Could it be that this old man is a eunuch? After carefully identifying it, I found that it was true, and there was no Adam's apple, I didn't pay attention to it just now, and I didn't even have a beard. It should be confirmed that it is a eunuch martial art.

Because men are affected by androgenic hormones, they show masculine characteristics that they have more and thicker beards and thick Adam's apples. But this old man didn't, which can only show that he rarely secretes androgens at all.

Xiao Zongxun asked: "Do adults feel that the little old man is very strange?" ”

Feng Manlou said: "Don't dare, I'm just a little curious!" ”

Xiao Zongxun's voice was a little crying, his son died, can he not be sad! But I heard Xiao Zongxun say: "Don't hide it, that Xiao Zhang was not born by me." The little old man had a physical problem since he was a child and couldn't give birth, so he succeeded my younger brother's son, Xiao Zhang! ”

Feng Manlou thought to himself, I see! But I heard Xiao Zongxun continue: "My brother's name is Xiao Zongjing, maybe you haven't heard of it, but Xiao Governor of Hangzhou Mansion, adults must know!" ”

Feng Manlou nodded, it seems that this is a big trouble, the prefect's son is dead, if he can't find the murderer, at least he should come to that conclusion. Otherwise, the prefect will definitely hate himself, so wouldn't he have a grudge against the prefect?

Thinking of this, Feng Manlou didn't have time to think about it, he just wanted to close the case quickly. Now I finally know why this old man wants to tell himself, it turns out that he is using Governor Xiao to warn himself, so that he is a little jealous! After thinking about it, he hurriedly said: "The county will not disturb Mrs. Xiao, so I will go and let the person do the inspection, rest assured, it will definitely not damage the corpse!" ”

Xiao Zongxun just signaled, and Feng Manlou retreated. No, after Feng Manlou went out, he thought, absolutely not! But it's not right there, I can't remember.

At this time, Mrs. Xiao said: "Don't be surprised, my lord's behavior is a little weird, please forgive me!" ”

Feng Manlou was stunned for a moment, it was really a word to wake up the person in the dream, and Xiao Zongxun just now was really acting strangely. But what a weird method, I can't say.

When everyone saw the adults come out, they hurriedly saluted. Feng Manlou hurriedly signaled not to use it, and said to Wu Decai: "Excuse me, this county has obtained the consent of Mrs. Xiao, and now you can conduct an autopsy." ”

The body was covered by a sheet, and Wu Decai lifted the sheet and began the autopsy. Feng Manlou also glanced at the corpse a few times, but it was obvious that there were several knife wounds on the corpse.

Feng Manlou felt that this must be a murder! No one commits suicide and stabs himself a few times, it must be murder!

Feng Manlou hurriedly asked Mrs. Xiao, is the knife that Lord Xiao committed suicide still in? Mrs. Xiao hurriedly asked someone to go to the study to get it, but it was a dagger. This is a murder weapon, and the wind is full of buildings, even if he asks to stay.

A dagger, Mrs. Xiao wouldn't care, so she agreed. At this time, Wu Decai also finished performing the corpse. As a result, it was similar to what Feng Manlou saw, and the deceased had a total of three stab wounds on his body.

In one of them, the wound was deeper and hurt the lungs. A stab wound pierced the abdomen. However, the most deadly is the last knife, which pierces directly through the heart! The wounds are relatively deep.

Feng Manlou looked at the dagger, although this dagger was sharp, it was not too long, but it caused such a long wound, not that it was impossible, but it must be assassinated at close range.

Feng Manlou asked, "Do you ever know when the deceased died?" ”

He said: "It's been about five hours, at least before the third watch!" ”

Before the third watch, it was the time for Zhang Xiaocai to confess! At that time, even if Xiao Zhang was the main messenger, or even a murderer, he would not kill himself if he thought of killing his mouth. And even if he knew that Zhang Xiaocai confessed, he was scared and committed suicide in fear of crime, then this Xiao Zhang's circumstances are still excusable.

But Xiao Zhang most likely did not commit suicide!

Feng Manlou asked Mrs. Xiao to take her to the study to have a look. I saw a path next to the study, leading to the outside wall, and on the wall, there was just a side door.

Feng Manlou looked at it and asked Mrs. Xiao: "Is this side door usually locked, and will it come and go often?" ”

Mrs. Xiao said: "This side door is locked, it is closed during the day, but it is not locked. It is only locked when you go out. People often come and go here to sell vegetables in the market."

The pavement leading to the side gate is paved with bluestone slabs, which are paved on the grass. Feng Manlou carefully explored, and found that there were many footprints on the grass next to a bluestone slab.

"Are these footprints from this morning?" Feng Manlou confirmed to Mrs. Xiao.

Mrs. Xiao nodded and said, "This morning, the servants went out to buy incense and candle sacrifices and the like, plus buy some things, there must be people who take this road!" ”

Feng Manlou took a closer look and found that the footprints on these grasses were indeed dewless, and they should have been stepped on this morning.

However, there is a footprint that was stepped on last night, and the wind is full of buildings! Because of this footprint, the grass was stepped on, which shows that the people who were walking at that time had a lot of strength, and the grass could no longer raise its head. And there are dewdrops on it, which must have been stepped on before the dew rose.

This must have been left by the murderer, and only when he was in a panic after killing people again, his feet would be so heavy, and it would be too late at night to step on the grass.

The footprints left during the day before would not have been so heavy. After all, when you go out in broad daylight, no one will walk with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

"Mrs. Xiao, are there any people in your house who have leg problems, or have recently injured their legs?" For the sake of carefulness, Feng Manlou consulted again.

Mrs. Xiao shook her head and said, "I haven't had a leg injury recently, and when I first invited someone, my leg and feet were inconvenient, and my father-in-law would definitely not want it!" ”

Come to the study. Seeing that the door of the study seemed to be damaged, he asked, "Why is this door damaged?" ”

Mrs. Xiao hurriedly said: "Originally, this door was good, but this morning, the slave family asked someone to call Xianggong, who knew that the door was locked inside, so someone was called to knock the door open." Only to find out that Xianggong has been....already...."

Speaking of this, there was another burst of crying, it was really the appearance of pear blossoms with rain.

Feng Manlou didn't speak, and looked at the door carefully, but saw that the door latch was actually broken. The latch of the card door inside the door is still there, and the latch is still stuck inside, which should have been broken by everyone banging on the door in the morning.

In other words, after Xiao Zhang's death, this door was bolted. Feng Manlou looked at it again, this latch is the kind taken from the net, that is, when the door is opened inside, the latch needs to be removed from the top horizontally, rather than inserted horizontally. And there are still some traces of water in the clip of the Carmen latch.

Murder in a closed room! Or is it really suicide? Feng Manlou has no bottom in his heart now, and carefully checked the windows, and they were all bolted from the inside, and they are still intact, there is no clue at all, if it is really murder, then the clue must be on the door. But now the door is broken.

After entering, Mrs. Xiao introduced the body of Xiao Zhang found when she was dying, holding the dagger in one hand at that time, and then sitting on the Taishi chair above the desk.

If it was really a suicide, it was to sit on the Taishi's chair and then commit suicide with a dagger. But why don't you wipe your neck, but pierce your heart, it will hurt even more!

After a closer search, I didn't find any useful clues. It's just that Mrs. Xiao was very surprised and said: "When it was so fair, I always put this vase on the left, but now it is on the right?" ”

Feng Manlou asked, "Did the people put it this morning?" ”

Mrs. Xiao thought for a while and said, "No, after we knocked on the door and came in, the vase was on the right!" ”

"Are you sure?"

Mrs. Xiao nodded and said with certainty: "Sure, it's on the right!" ”

Feng Manlou thought for a while and said, "Mrs. Xiao, I'm sorry to tell you, you have to be mentally prepared!" Lord Xiao was murdered! ”

"What?!" Mrs. Xiao was suddenly shocked!

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