"Sir, why do you think it wasn't an accident, but a killing?" Li Yu asked puzzled. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Li Canghai put his hands behind his back and muttered, "Until the body is found, all this is just an accident. But after the body was found, I was sure that it was not an accident. ”

"Why is that?" Di Qing asked curiously.

"First of all, the location of the body of the deceased. The deceased fell from a cliff behind the ancestral hall, but the body was found ten miles away, which is one of the suspicions. Li Canghai said.

"What's so strange about that? Maybe the water was so strong that it washed the body of the deceased out ten miles away, right? Li Yu guessed.

Li Canghai shook his head: "I have checked the current, and it is not as turbulent as I imagined." Moreover, the river is full of reefs, and if the corpses flow with the waves, they can easily be stopped by the reef like the skeletons of these kites, and they will never appear ten miles away. What's more, soon after the kite fell, the townspeople immediately went down the cliff to rescue them, and how could they not find the body nearby? ”

"That's suspicious." Li Yu touched his chin and groaned.

"Secondly, the time of death of the deceased. I examined the body of the deceased, and it took only three hours for the deceased to find the body from the time he fell to the time he found it. And I found corpse spots on the deceased. After a pause, Li Canghai continued: "Although corpse spots will appear within an hour or two after death, there is a premise that the temperature should not be too low. If the temperature is too low, the blood will freeze and the corpse spots will appear at a slower rate. And when the deceased was found, the body of the deceased was already frozen, imagine how could a corpse that had already been frozen have such obvious corpse spots? ”

Di Qing propped her chin with her hands, blinked her eyes and said, "In this way, the deceased is indeed a strange death!" But we clearly witnessed the fall of the deceased? How can this be explained? ”

"I haven't figured out the key to that. This is also a crucial part of this case, and if you can figure it out, the case will be solved. Li Canghai paced and groaned.

Li Yu touched his chin and said curiously: "Since this case is defined as murder by Mr., but I don't know what clues Mr. has found?" ”

Li Canghai took a sip of hot tea from the teacup, pointed to the various things on the table, and said, "These are what I found from the cliff top and the river at the scene of the crime, but I haven't figured out the key to it yet. ”

Li Yu and Di Qing leaned over, lay on the table, and looked at it carefully.

Candles, kite skeletons, fine cotton threads, .......

No matter how you look at these things, they are extremely ordinary, and the two of them really can't figure out what these have to do with the murder.

"Sir, why is there such a big difference in the length of these two cotton ropes?" Li Yu asked, holding two cotton ropes in his hands.

Li Canghai glanced at it and said, "These two cotton threads were found in different places, the long one was found in the place where the corpse was found, and the short one was found at the top of the cliff. ”

Li Yu sighed, he looked down at the two cotton threads, and said thoughtfully: "These two cotton threads are of similar materials, although they are of different lengths, but they are located in two scenes, it seems that it is not accidental!" ”

Li Yu's words made Li Canghai think of something, after he picked up the two cotton ropes, he had not yet compared, and now after Li Yu said, he found that the two cotton threads were very similar in material and thickness.

Li Canghai walked over, took the two cotton threads in his hands, and leaned over to the candles to compare them carefully.

In this comparison, Li Canghai discovered that there were not only differences in the length of the two cotton threads, but also other differences.

The short one showed signs of burning on its head, while the long one did not.

In addition to this, the long one exhibits some unnatural bending.

Li Canghai thought for a while, straightened the long cotton thread, and laid it flat on the table.

I saw that the cotton thread began to curl slightly, and then bent into a large arc.

"How so?" Li Yu and Di Qing looked at the changes in the cotton thread and asked with some surprise.

Li Canghai frowned slightly, and fell into deep thought.

The reason for this change in the cotton thread is that the cotton thread has been tied to something in a loop, and it is only because the binding is too tight that the cotton thread has maintained this shape, so that it will show an unnatural bend.

Li Canghai closed his eyes and carefully recalled the scene where the body was found.

Suddenly, his heart moved, and an idea popped into his mind.

"Could it be...... Will it be so? Li Canghai raised his eyebrows and muttered to himself.

At this moment, Lu Jitong's voice came from outside the door.

"Childe, the county commander came to ask for a meeting."

"Let him in." Li Canghai put away the cotton thread and said.

The door creaked open, and Jiuyuan County ordered Zhou Chang to walk in.

"Your Excellency." Zhou Chang hurriedly saluted Li Canghai.

"Why did Lord Zhou come here?" Li Canghai asked.

Zhou Chang took out a note from his sleeve and said respectfully to Li Canghai: "My lord, this is the information about the deceased that the lower officials have found, please take a look." ”

Li Canghai took the note and looked at it carefully.

"Canghai, what do you find?" Di Qing leaned over and asked.

Li Canghai frowned and said: "What is written above is not much different from what Liu Yang said, the deceased has a strange nature, rarely interacts with people, and has never had a dispute with others, let alone the enemy. ”

"It's strange, if he had no enemies, who would kill him?" Li Yu asked puzzled.

Li Canghai put the note away, he paced and pondered for a moment, and said, "I just thought of one thing, and now I need to confirm it." ”

After a pause, Li Canghai said to the two: "You guys rest early, tomorrow is the sacrificial ceremony, don't oversleep." ”

After saying this, Li Canghai left the inn with Zhou Chang and Lu Jitong and went to Yizhuang.

Lantern Chen's body was stored in Yizhuang and is now under the care of the officials, and no one is allowed to enter Yizhuang without permission.

Coming to Lantern Chen's corpse, Li Canghai immediately examined the corpse.

Soon, Li Canghai found an inconspicuous strangulation mark on the corpse's neck.

Nale marks are so fine that they are difficult to spot without looking closely.

Li Canghai carefully compared the strangulation marks, and then took out the cotton rope found from the discovery of the corpse and wound it around the strangulation marks.

Sure enough, the cotton rope matched perfectly with the strangulation marks on the neck of the deceased!

"My lord, could it be that the deceased was strangled to death by this cotton rope?" Lu Jitong was surprised when he saw Li Canghai comparing strangulation marks.

Li Canghai's expression was solemn, he didn't speak, but stared at the cotton rope in his hand and fell into deep thought.

This cotton rope is extremely thin, it is impossible to strangle people to death, but the corpse has the strangulation marks of the cotton rope, and the role played by this cotton rope is the most puzzling. (To be continued.) )