Chapter 505: Fingerprints point to the real murderer

"The fingerprints on this are naturally those of Hongmei. The staff should still remember that before burning the bodies of Hongmei and others yesterday, I went to check the corpses, and I found some ink on the fingers of Hongmei's left hand. Combined with the fingerprints on this paper, it is natural to think that the fingerprints on this paper are actually left by Hongmei before she died. Li Canghai said lightly.

"Even if this is left by Hongmei before she died, what does it mean?" Zhang Wenyuan asked puzzled.

Li Canghai said deeply: "Because Hongmei left the name of the murderer!" And, right on this first poem! I think that Hongmei was strangled by the murderer at that time, and after throwing out the ink spots with a wolf hair, I was worried that we would not be able to read it, so I dipped my finger in the ink and pressed it on the poem she had written, so the ink would be soaked twice in a row. But Hongmei was worried that the murderer would find out, so she took advantage of the chaos to scatter these poems around before she died. ”

Conan took the poem from his hand and looked at it carefully, and after a moment, he was still confused: "I still don't see where the murderer is pointed." ”

Li Canghai said: "Brother Conan can't see it, it's because you are not from my Central Plains, because you are not familiar with the literati of the Tang Dynasty, so naturally you will not be familiar with their poems." This poem is written by Mr. Li Taibai, called "Qingping Tune", and the complete verse is: A branch of red dew condenses incense, and the clouds and rain Wushan break the intestines in vain. By asking who in the Han Palace is like, poor Feiyan leans on new makeup. ”

Conan frowned and wondered: "What does this mean?" ”

Li Canghai explained: "The whole poem was written by Mr. Taibai when he was offering to Hanlin, which means that the noble concubine is beautiful and unparalleled, and she has won the grace of the saints today. However, Hongmei left this poem, not to let us delve into its artistic conception, but to let us observe its surface meaning. Look here, this character is just covered by fingerprints, and you can't tell what it is. But if you have read Mr. Taibai's work, you should know that the word covered by this fingerprint is exactly the word 'rain'! ”

Everyone looked at the paper, and then compared it word by word, and sure enough, they found that the place covered by the ink was the word 'rain'!

Li Canghai stared at Yu Chengen and said in a deep voice: "If my guess is correct, you should have asked her for something that night, but Hongmei had not fallen asleep at that time, but was still thinking about writing poems." You go to her side, and while she doesn't have a spare white silk, she stops her, and Hongmei leaves these instructions in a hurry. This is a poem written by her, she naturally knows where the word 'rain' is, you think you are doing it seamlessly, but you didn't expect Hongmei to reveal you, right? ”

Conan stared at Yu Chengen and asked with some puzzlement: "Even if all this makes sense, it was late at night, how could Hongmei let a man enter her room?" ”

Li Canghai clapped his hands, and a family member hurriedly walked over with a few paintings.

Picking up a painting, Li Canghai said: "If there is nothing to do, Hongmei will naturally not let him in." However, when it comes to this 'Proud Snow and Cold Plum Picture', the situation is different. ”

"You mean, this picture is where he left it?" Conan asked, surprised.

Li Canghai said deeply: "Not only this, but also the 'ink and bamboo picture' that he deliberately left in the Hongmei room. ”

Why is that? He killed Hongmei, why did he deliberately leave these? Conan shook his head, still a little puzzled.

"Because, he wants to tell everyone who will die next." Li Canghai said word by word.

Conan's eyes rolled a few times, he touched his chin and thought for a moment, and suddenly understood, he said in surprise: "I know, this is ...... Hints to kill! ”

However, then he frowned again and said puzzledly: "But, this doesn't make sense! He killed Hongmei and left behind the 'Aoxue Hanmei Map', but Azhu was killed by Ueda Takashi, could it be that the 'Mozhu Tu' around Azhu was also deliberately left by him? Ah Zhu didn't kill him, he didn't need to leave this at all? ”

"Brother Li, you have said so much, I want to ask, what is my motive for killing? I have no grievances with Hongmei in the past, no enmity in recent days, and Hongmei has always treated me very well, we are still practicing calligraphy and painting together, why should I kill her? Yu Chengen's face became solemn.

"Brother Fang Cainan asked, why did he deliberately leave the two pictures at the scene of the crime, in fact, this is his motive for killing." Li Canghai stared at Yu Chengen, sighed regretfully, and said, "As for the reason, I'll talk about it later." Now let me talk about the murder of Azhu! ”

Zhang Wenyuan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Didn't you say that Azhu was killed by Ueda Takashi?" What else is there to say? ”

Li Canghai glanced at Zhang Wenyuan and said lightly: "Outside, Ah Zhu did not die in the hands of Ueda Takashi, the real murderer is actually someone else." ”

"It can't be! When Aju died, everyone had an alibi, but Ueda Takashi did not, who was the murderer if he wasn't? Conan asked, frowning.

"In fact, like the Hongmei case, the most puzzling thing about this murder case is still the murderer's killing methods, as long as you know the murderer's killing methods, you will naturally know who the murderer is." Li Canghai said.

"The murderer's modus operandi? Ah Zhu was killed by the murderer directly through his chest with a bamboo knot! Conan recalled.

"Brother Nan is only half right." Li Canghai said.

"Which half?" Conan asked.

Li Canghai said: "Ah Zhu was killed by a bamboo knot through his chest, but he was not killed directly by the murderer with a bamboo knot. ”

Conan frowned and said, "What does Brother Li mean by this?" ”

"When I was investigating the case, I found Azhu lying at the door where Azhu was killed, and judging from the situation at the scene, Azhu should have been killed when he opened the door. If someone stood in front of the door and killed Azhu when he opened the door, the murderer's arm must be at least three feet long, so that he can hold the bamboo and use force in his hand, otherwise it is impossible to pierce Azhu's body with such a thin bamboo. Of course, if the murderer is a martial arts master, then it is another matter. However, Ueda Takashi is short in stature, and his arms are obviously not so long, not to mention, he also has no martial arts. So, the murderer can't be him. Li Canghai said.

"This is a bit far-fetched, Ueda Takashi may also deceive Ah Zhu to open the door first, and then kill her while he is unprepared." Conan said.

"I did think about this possibility before, but after I asked Rifle, I knew that such a hypothesis did not exist at all." Li Canghai said.

"Why is that?" Zhang Wenyuan didn't know that Laifu had witnessed Azhu's death, so he asked curiously.

Li Canghai said: "Because Laifu once witnessed Azhu being killed, he was in Xiaojie at that time, and before that, Azhu was safe and sound, but after that, he suddenly fell to the ground and died. Rifle didn't hear anything other than a strange noise, and he didn't see anyone around Azhu's room. (To be continued.) )