Duan Fei's eyes stared at the fire for a while, and suddenly said: "Master Si, the stones scattered around this fire are burned black, it should be used to build a fire to block the wind, this should not be a temporary fire for destroying corpses, no one will leave the burning fire and walk away in the middle of the night, unless they are frightened, or do something bad to escape, the homeless have their own fixed resting place, please send some people to find out who usually burns the fire here on this street corner to ward off the cold, and bring them back for questioning." ”

Si Gongcheng suddenly realized, immediately sent someone, and then praised Duan Fei: "Lord Duan is really cautious, I never thought of starting to investigate the case from this aspect. ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said, "Master Si, the scene here has been seriously damaged, let's follow the bloodstains to see where the deceased was attacked." ”

Si Gongcheng nodded, let the two officials open the way, and walked east side by side with Duan Fei, saying while walking again: "This road leads to the back gate of Chaotian Palace, there are many workshops and warehouses along the way, this place can be called the most chaotic in the entire capital, that prince walks here alone in gorgeous clothes at night, it is not surprising what kind of accident happens." ”

Duan Fei replied: "That's even more wrong, as far as I know, that he has been practicing martial arts with his attendants since he was a child, and he is agile and skilled in bows and horses, but I am afraid that it will be difficult for three or five strong men to get close, how can a few ruffians hurt him?" ”

Si Gongcheng replied, "Have you forgotten the rope marks on the hands of the deceased? Maybe that person has been trapped for several days, and when he barely escaped, he had been hungry for a few days, and his hands and feet were weak, where could he still do anything with people? ”

Duan Fei shook his head and was silent, there was no conclusive evidence to link the deceased with Xingwang Zhu Houxi, so although he also had some doubts in his heart, he subconsciously tried his best to deny this speculation, because this result was too terrible.

Seeing this, Si Gongcheng didn't say much, and took Duan Fei through a street, where there were warehouses or workshops on both sides of the street, Duan Fei asked, "Aren't there any people walking on these streets at night?" ”

A Wanping County official replied: "Yes, don't look at the people here are so lively now, it will be deserted at night, there is either a workshop or a warehouse nearby, on such a cold day, everyone is either working in the workshop, or shrinking in the warehouse to play cards, the street is dark, there are many people in Chaotian Palace during the day, and no one goes to the gate at night." ”

Duan Fei said: "I see, didn't anyone near the intersection hear any movement that night?" ”

"Yes," replied the officer, "some people said that they had heard people screaming in the streets that night, but it was too dark at night for anyone to dare to come out to see, and there were often people here who shouted and screamed because they were afraid or joking, so they didn't care." ”

Duan Fei asked again: "Ask clearly, did that person hear the ghost called?" When did you hear that? ”

The official replied: "I have asked, and I said that the voice was very sharp, and I was so frightened that I couldn't hear what I was shouting, and when I heard the voice, it was probably in the middle of the seventeenth night of the lunar month." ”

At 10 o'clock in the evening, when there was no TV and the Internet, and there were no entertainment activities, ordinary people went to bed as soon as it was dark, and there were no street lights on the street, and the darkness was indeed terrifying.

Duan Fei said: "Master Si, when do you think the deceased died?" Will it be the middle of the day? ”

Si Gongcheng pondered: "It is indeed possible, anyone who sees a person covered in blood coming out of the darkness will scream in fright, and I also think it is more appropriate to set the time of death of the deceased in the middle of the day for the time being." ”

Duan Fei bowed his head and said, "This means that he was attacked before Hai Shizhong. ”

"Hmm." Si Gongcheng pointed ahead and said, "Lord Duan, the messy place ahead is the place where the deceased was attacked, and no more blood stains have been found further on. ”

Duan Fei nodded, walked over and looked down carefully, the clouds in the sky were getting thicker and thicker, the sky was getting darker and darker, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the snow melted after falling on the ground and being trampled on, making the ground muddy, covering up many traces, only the blood stains splashed on the wall were extremely eye-catching.

Duan Fei gave up the extravagant hope of looking for clues on the ground, he looked carefully at the wall, only to see that the drops of blood on the wall condensed into strings of red beads, like a string of ruby necklaces, which reminded Duan Fei of the ruby ring worn by Xingwang Zhu Houyu on the little finger of his left hand.

There were more than a string of blood beads, and as the murderer wielded the knife, the blood brought out by the blade spilled on the wall, forming a three-dimensional picture, giving Duan Fei a clue to reorganize the scene.

"One knife, two knives, three knives ......" Duan Fei's hand gestured, and a person seemed to be fleeing for his life in a hurry, chasing one or more murderers behind him, wielding sticks and sharp blades, chasing and killing.

"If the dead man had been wounded so much here, how could he have fled so far? Was he knocked unconscious and carried over? Duan Fei stopped and thought hard, Si Gongcheng didn't dare to disturb him, waved his hand, everyone quietly took a few steps back, and let Duan Fei think quietly.

Duan Fei's gaze looked west along the street, the intersection was a thousand steps away from here, how could the deceased escape from the murderer's pursuit after being seriously injured? Could it be that the murderer has already succeeded, so he has given up the pursuit? Duan Fei retracted his gaze, and suddenly found something out of the corner of his eye, his gaze turned suddenly, only to see that something seemed to have hit the wall hard, and a pit was there.

Duan Fei was ecstatic in his heart, and walked over to take a look, only to see that it was a circular dent, obviously newly knocked on, because there were obviously dark red marks on the loess in the dent, which should be bloodstains, the dents were shallow in the west and deep in the east, enough to reconstruct the trajectory of the blunt object, Duan Fei appeared in front of his eyes again, only to see a person with a blunt object, drawing a quarter circle from west to east, and smashing on the wall to leave this trace.

Si Gongcheng walked over and said, "Lord Duan, what have you discovered?" I have also observed this pit, and it should have been left by the murderer. ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said: "No, this is not left by the murderer, this is left by the deceased, after he was injured, he grabbed the hammer and fought back, maybe he also injured a murderer, so these murderers had to choose to give up, and the deceased was able to escape. ”

Si Gongcheng said: "It should be left by the hammer, but there are many bamboo and wood factories around here, almost everyone has a hammer and a knife, and the project is huge, and I suspect that it has no effect." ”

Duan Fei said: "It's better to have clues than no clues, Master Si can send someone nearby to check who was injured on the night of the 17th, hit by a hammer, the light one was bruised, the serious one was fractured, it should be easy to find, and then check who nearby recently bought a new hammer, the carpenter's hammer is the same as the chef's knife, it is not often changed." ”

Si Gongcheng suddenly said: "My lord, why didn't I think of it?" How did the adults tell that the murderer had been injured and had lost his hammer? ”

Duan Fei said: "First of all, there is blood on the hammer, otherwise there will be no blood marks in the pit, of course, this blood stain may also be stained on the body of the deceased, but ...... If they didn't suffer a little, even if they were robbed of the hammer, they would not be willing to give up in the case of three to one, someone must have been injured, and they would not leave when they felt that three against one could not win steadily, and since someone was injured, it was unlikely that they would leave someone to pick up the hammer that might be abandoned by the deceased, and they must have escorted their companions to the hospital together, so it is very likely that the murderer will buy a new hammer. ”

Si Gongcheng admired it and said: "Lord Duan is worthy of the name of the gods, so many clues can be seen from a hammer, so the murder weapon hammer must have been abandoned by the deceased, and then the people passing by in the morning took it, and when we received the report, we couldn't find anything." ”

Duan Fei nodded and said, "My judgment is all based on a guess, the deceased once grabbed the hammer to fight back, if I misjudged, all this is in vain, but it's better than not doing nothing, right?" ”

Si Gongcheng smiled: "What Lord Duan said is true. ”

At this time, there was a commotion from the west, Duan Fei turned to look, and saw four officials of Shuntianfu running quickly, the first two looked in a hurry, and when they came to Si Gongcheng, they kept kowtowing despite the mud on the ground, and shouted: "Damn it, my lord spares his life!" ”

Si Gongcheng shouted with a calm face: "This official asked you to guard the scene, what did you all do?" Gong Peng, you say! ”

The named official trembled, he raised his head, and said with a sad face: "My lord spare my life, we have been guarding for two days, and there is no progress in the case, we feel that it is useless to stay here, so we are lazy to play two in the nearby small gambling house, but I didn't expect that I couldn't stop it when I played, so that I missed the adult's explanation, please spare my life!" ”

Si Gongcheng smiled, Gong Peng and Liao Jing trembled violently, only to hear Si Gongcheng sneer: "You think there is no need to guard the scene, so you ran to gamble?" Gong Peng, Gong Peng, I think you are old enough to entrust me with a heavy responsibility, you really disappoint me, you get up, it's useless to beg me, I don't want to punish you at all, because someone has come to punish you, do you know who the deceased is? Although the identity has not been confirmed yet, there is no objection to the rich or noble, once their family finds it, but because you two stupid people left their posts without permission, the scene was completely destroyed, I see how you explain to the family of the deceased! Get out, go back to the yamen and stay, I don't want to see you two idiots right now! ”

Liao Jing raised his head and said: "Uncle, it's been a few days since the incident, I can count how many grains of sand there are at the scene, what else is there to keep, I feel bored and instigated Brother Gong to play cards, if you want to blame, blame me." ”

Si Gongcheng's face turned blue with anger, he pointed at Liao Jing a little, and said angrily: "Little minion, don't you say that I almost forgot that you are still my relative, you unproductive guy, what else will you do except play cards and gamble for money?" Do you think there's nothing left to defend the scene? Lord Duan can already see the origin of the murderer just by a mark on the wall, if you can guard the scene well, maybe the murderer has been caught by now, you get out of me! I never want to see you again! Get lost! ”

Liao Jing's face turned pale in an instant, he kowtowed to Si Gongcheng three times, and then stood up with his face full of mud, turned around and left without saying a word.

"Slow!" Duan Fei said to Si Gongcheng: "Lord Si, please calm your anger, Liao Jing is young and ignorant, Lord Si goes back to educate slowly, the decision under anger is often wrong, Lord Si should think twice." ”

Si Gongcheng just couldn't get off the stage for a while, and when he heard Duan Fei's words, he immediately shouted: "Little minion, there is Lord Duan interceding for you today, I will spare you for the time being, Gong Peng, take him back to the ya, lock him in the house and don't allow him to walk around, if he runs away, I only ask you!" ”

PS: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!