Chapter 289: Arrest of Jiao Lanrong (3)
The last day of the Orthodox decade, Chinese New Year's Eve.
Meng Yan got up early, first served three sticks of incense to the ancestors enshrined in the main hall, and then had breakfast with Wen Xiaoyu.
The mutton noodle soup made by Zhang Bao, Wen Xiaoyu is still eating it for the first time, and I am a little unaccustomed to it, but after eating it, I feel that the taste is not bad.
I just can't stand the smell of mutton.
I drove Wen Xiaoyu to Songhe Tower, and after I was drunk with my father-in-law, I went directly to Su Xinzhai!
Su Xinzhai's clean-up work has begun, and Lin Tianxing and his subordinates are busy inside.
Except for the left-behind personnel of the Craftsman Division's Treasury Brigade, the rest were all Lin Tianxing's novices.
Su Xinzhai, which had been seized for a year, suddenly stationed a large number of Jinyi guards, which aroused the onlookers of the surrounding people.
Although the court has ordered a re-investigation of Bai Suxin's adultery and murder case, it has not yet been officially announced.
Naturally, the common people know very little.
There are still a lot of people who care about Bai Suxin's case, even if Jiao Hong walks the rumors about Bai Suxin, but the people have their own eyes, and they recognize people.
Bai Suxin's business is not deceitful, not only the things are good, the price is also cheap, plus the exclusive craftsmanship, the reputation is outside!
Even if she was slandered, there were never fewer customers who came to Su Xinzhai to buy her pastries.
"Why are so many people surrounded?" Meng Yan came over in civilian clothes, and it was too eye-catching to wear an official uniform.
"They are all here to see the excitement, and some ask Bai Suxin how is the case?" Lin Tianxing explained.
"It's not going to go on like this, it's going to be scattered."
"These people came by themselves. We can't disperse them, can we? Lin Tianxing said.
"Don't be so troublesome, you find someone to go back to the yamen, ask Mr. Cai to write a notice, paste it on the notice board under the archway, and announce the news that the court will re-investigate Bai Suxin's case, and the people will naturally disperse!" Meng Yan commanded.
"Understood, Son, I'll send someone back!" Lin Tianxing nodded.
"Master Meng!"
"Lord Li, it's so early!" Seeing Li Duo, Meng Yan was a little surprised, this guy was earlier than himself.
"Xia Guan can follow Master Meng to handle the case. It was an eye-opener. What a good opportunity to learn, how can you get up late? The more Li Duo came into contact with Meng Yan, the more he felt that Meng Yan was powerful.
At a young age, not only is his medical skills superb. There is even a set of investigations. And thoughtful. is old and decisive, and most importantly, this is still a boss who knows how to be sympathetic.
"Master Li has won the prize!" Meng Yan smiled. Being slapped like this, he is still a little unaccustomed.
"Lord Meng, has the identity of this female corpse been confirmed?"
"It's not completely certain yet, but after Shen Zhiming and the others have done an internal investigation of Su Xinzhai's personnel, they should be able to delineate a range!" Meng Yan Road.
"So, you can't fully confirm the identity of the deceased?"
"It's hard to say now, but the suspicion of the girl Huan Xi'er next to Bai Suxin is the greatest." Meng Yan nodded.
"Xiaguan has read the transcript of your interrogation of Bai Suxin, my lord, and this Xi'er seems to be an eyewitness to the crime at that time!" Li Duo said.
"Master Li is right, according to Jiao Hong's confession, he found out that Bai Suxin killed Li Chengyan and reported the East Factory, so before this, we understood that there are only two masters and servants in the entire Suxinzhai, Bai Suxin is upstairs in the back, bathing, Xi'er is watching the store in the front, and the back door is locked, so whether it is Li Chengyan or the mysterious adulterer, they all came in from the front door?"
"Yes!"
"These two people can be seen Xi'er, and when she sees these two people, why doesn't she stop them?"
"There is a possibility that the adulterer came a long time ago, and Li Chengyan came in later!"
"This assumption is possible, but Xi'er actually knows that her young lady is having a lover, under normal circumstances, what would she do?"
"Naturally, I notified my own lady!"
"Yes, that's what a girl should do."
"Could it be that Li Chengyan found out that his fiancée had an adulterer, and he was very angry and rushed in directly?"
"This is also a possibility, at least it can be said that Jiao Hong's rhetoric can be said." Meng Yan said, "But this is completely different from Bai Suxin's rhetoric. ”
"yes, this case is really complicated!" Li Duo exclaimed in amazement.
"Actually, it's not difficult to figure out who is lying, find out who the female corpse is, if it's Xi'er, who killed Xi'er, why did you kill Xi'er, and Xi'er's bones have been placed in the general store of Su Xinzhai for more than a year, and no one has found out, which is also one of the strangers!" Meng Yan Road.
"Your analysis makes sense!"
"Second, after Su Xinzhai was seized, anything in it belonged to evidence, without the permission of the imperial court, no one was allowed to take it or sell it at will, otherwise it would be a crime, who would dare to do such a thing?"
"East Factory!"
"Dongchang has always been insatiable, Su Xinzhai not only has rice, noodles, sweet and sour and other items, but also Bai Suxin's continuation and valuable antiques, as well as Su Xinzhai's title deeds and house deeds, but the latter two are useless, because I have not gone to the government to handle the transfer, even if I get these, I can't take them for myself, of course, as soon as Bai Suxin dies, these things will become ownerless, and it is logical to take them for yourself!" Meng Yan Road.
"Understood, my lord, what do you see the lower official doing now?" Li Duo asked, he couldn't help with this cleaning and cleaning of Su Xinzhai.
"Well, Master Li, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, we have to let everyone go back early to keep the New Year, but we still have a lot of things, what about you, go back and urge Shen Zhiming and them, by the way, sit in Yamen!" Meng Yan commanded.
"Isn't there a Zhang Xuan, Lord Zhang?"
"He's on another mission!" Meng Yan smiled slightly.
"What?"
"You'll know when you go back, the official has to revisit the scene." Meng Yan smiled, put on a mask and gloves and said.
"Then the lower official will retire first!"
"Two of you!" Meng Yan greeted the busy Jinyi Guard.
Meng Yan focused on Xi'er's room, if the female corpse was Xi'er. Then the scene of the death may be in Su Xinzhai, and the most likely place is her own room.
Of course, it is not ruled out that he was killed outside and then moved over, but it is only a matter of time before he is found hidden in Su Xinzhai.
Because Bai Suxin's case will not drag on forever, in such a prosperous area as Suxinzhai, there are especially a few people who covet it?
Hiding the body here can only be a temporary choice, and in the end, the murderer will still get her away.
Unfortunately, before he could get rid of the bones, they were already found.
When I came yesterday, I was just a passer. What's more, Xi'er's room is not the place he focuses on investigating.
And today. Xi'er's room is where he focuses his investigation.
"You two cleaned this room according to what the official said, and the official didn't let you move, and you were never allowed to move, do you understand?" Meng Yan commanded.
"Wow. My lord! "The two Jinyi Guards also know that the matter is very important. Of course, I don't dare to be sloppy in the slightest.
In addition to the footprints of the place. Xi'er's room was exactly the same as when they first came in.
"Don't sweep the land with a broom, use a brush, but a soft brush. Sweep the official little by little, except for dust, and report any traces you find! ”
"Whoa!"
Following yesterday's footprints, Meng Yan came directly to Xi'er's bed.
He didn't touch anything, he first looked at it carefully, and remembered the position and shape of the bed and the items on it in his mind, no way, if only he could take pictures, it didn't have to be so troublesome.
Looking at the messy bedding and bed sheets, Meng Yan had such a scene in his mind.
A young girl was pressed to the bed, she desperately tried to avoid the attacks from many sides, but no matter how much she struggled, it was useless, because the other party's strength was much greater than her.
Since it was useless to struggle, she quickly gave up her resistance and allowed the thug to do violence against her.
After the thug vented his animal lust on her, not only did he not let her go, but instead picked up the pillow and pressed it violently against her mouth and nose.
She wanted to struggle, but unfortunately, she was already tortured and had no strength.
Soon, she was out of breath and her life was over.
The thugs dressed her, picked her up, and walked out.
Meng Yan opened his eyes, leaned down, and carefully examined the marks on the sheets, he found a few long hairs that were messy.
There was also a yellowish mark on the sheets.
Of course, Meng Yan knew what this mark was, how could there be such a mark on the bed sheet of an unmarried woman in Yunying.
And next door to her lives is her master, and this is not a very private place, even if she has a private lover, she should not choose here.
There is only one possibility, someone did that kind of thing with a woman in this bed, and it wasn't cleaned up afterwards.
Could this woman be the corpse of the woman in the grocery store, is she Xi'er?
"My lord, there is a discovery!"
"Found what?" As soon as Meng Yan turned around, he saw a Jinyi guard captain holding a beaded flower in his hand.
"Where did you find it?"
"In the corner of that cabinet, I suddenly felt a little dazzling just now, so I went over to take a look and found this!"
"Show me the officer." Meng Yan stretched out his hand to take the bead flower and looked at it carefully, this should not be alone, but may have fallen from a certain bead hairpin.
"Look again and see if there's anything else." Meng Yan took the bead flower into the paper bag and commanded.
The two brocade guards searched carefully, but found nothing else.
"Come on, go under the bed!"
"My lord, nothing has been found, except dust." A moment later, the brocade guard came out.
"Got it, come out!" Meng Yan nodded.
If this is the first murder scene, the murderer has either already dealt with the scene, or, fortunately, does not leave too many clues.
But judging by the messy sheets, the killer should not have dealt with the scene.
Did the murderer not even leave a single footprint?
What also puzzled Meng Yan was that if the female corpse was Xi'er, why were the boxes in her house empty, and where did her clothes go?
There are many mysteries, some of which are puzzling. (To be continued......)