Chapter 35: Clues
"No, sir, did you find anything?"
"Not yet, but my instincts tell me that guy isn't relying on supernatural skill. Although I can't figure out how he used to take the third lady away in an instant, there must be some trick I didn't think of.
We will stay at Zhao's house tonight, and everyone will wake up a little at night. As soon as there is movement, rush to the scene as soon as possible.
After Lu Sheng completed his orders, he stayed at Zhao's house, and in the hazy night, his mind kept thinking about the possibility of the disappearance of the secret room. After thinking about it, there was only one way, and that was that the third lady was no longer in the room before they pushed the door open.
But if he was no longer there, how did the third lady speak? More than one was present, and all of them heard it with their own ears.
The night passed quietly, and Lu Sheng and others got up one after another. But before he could wash up, there was a sudden uproar in the outer courtyard of the Zhao family. More than a dozen family members ran to the backyard in a panic.
Seeing this scene, Lu Sheng's face instantly became gloomy.
Definitely something happened!
"So flustered, what happened?" Lu Sheng hurriedly grabbed one of them and asked.
"Dead again...... The ghost asked for his life, and another ...... died Zhao Si, Zhao Si is dead......"
Lu Sheng's face instantly turned dark, and the murderer's rampant degree was beyond Lu Sheng's imagination. Knowing that the people of the Criminal Prosecution Division were stationed in the department, he committed the murder? Is this a blatant provocation?
And in the next second, Lu Sheng was even more convinced in his heart that the strength of the murderer was not as high as they imagined, otherwise why not get rid of them first than the gang that killed the three mages before?
Attacking his subordinates exposed the murderer's weakness. Because the murderer knew very well that Lu Sheng would focus on protecting Zhao Yuanwai's family.
Lu Sheng and others hurriedly rushed to the place where the incident occurred. A single-storey tiled house in a row of houses, which is a dormitory for people to live in. And now, the door of the incident is full of frightened maids.
One by one, they shivered in the wind, and one by one muttered the terrifying words that the evil ghost would ask for their lives, and everyone would die.
They were terrified, but they couldn't run, they couldn't even leave the yard. They are all house slaves bought by the Zhao family, and life and death belong to the Zhao family.
They look so pitiful at the moment, like fledglings in the snowstorm.
"Let's let go?" Lu Sheng drank away from the crowd, the door of the crime opened, and Zhao Si just hung on the beam and shook slightly.
What's even more terrifying is that Zhao Si's chest was pasted with a bloody strip of cloth, on which was written in blood that the chicken dog does not leave four murderous characters.
Seeing such a cruel scene, the three spiders were also pale. And Lu Li, who was already trembling with fright.
Lu Li, who was only sixteen years old, had never experienced such a terrifying scene. If it weren't for the protection of Lu Sheng, Lu Li should not have joined the Criminal Investigation Division and followed Lu Sheng everywhere to handle cases.
Although Lu Sheng now has the ability to protect himself, Lu Li still habitually regards Lu Sheng as the scholar who needs her protection.
The dead silence was like a thick black cloud pressing on everyone's heads, and the oppressive atmosphere made everyone feel uncomfortable breathing. Finally, Lu Li, who still couldn't bear the scene in front of him, rushed out of the room with his mouth covered.
"Lord Lu!Lord Lu!Who is dead, who is it this time?" Zhao Yuanwai's voice sounded from outside the door, and Zhao Yuanwai's family of three came in a panic under the leadership of his subordinates.
Zhao Yuanwai's two sons are both in other places to take care of business, and only one daughter accompanies him. The original partner has already passed away, and the woman who is about thirty years old next to him should be Zhao Yuanwai's second room.
When Zhao Yuanwai came to the door and saw the scene in front of him, he was so frightened that he collapsed on the spot.
"Master-" The second lady exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly stepped forward to help.
"Daddy, how are you?
Zhao Yuanwai's daughter kept patting Zhao Yuanwai's chest to give him relief, and after a while, Zhao Yuanwai's rapid breathing really calmed down.
Lu Sheng nodded at Miss Zhao and showed a faint smile.
Lu Sheng and Miss Zhao had a relationship, and as a talented and beautiful woman in Suzhou Mansion, Lu Sheng and Miss Zhao will inevitably meet at some gatherings.
Miss Zhao's impression of Lu Sheng is just the word quiet. But just these two words once made Lu Sheng have such a rare heartbeat.
In the past Lu Sheng's view, the well-known ladies in Suzhou Mansion seem to be similar, as long as a woman wears makeup, her appearance can generally become like a fairy. But there are very few people like Miss Zhao who are as quiet as autumn water.
In the past, he had always held the book of sages in his hand and had no distractions. In his opinion, although the ladies of Suzhou Mansion are both talented and beautiful, they are not a good match, but only the quiet Miss Zhao is like a plum blossom that blooms quietly in the corner of the wall and does not compete with the crowd.
But the heartbeat is just the heartbeat, and a few years have passed, and goodbye has long been a thing. Lu Sheng, who was not favored by everyone back then, was the first to get fame, but Bai Shaoyu, who was the first, was sorry for his future.
Lu Sheng's eyes flashed, and a trace of surprise flashed in Miss Zhao's eyes, and she quickly helped Zhao Yuanwai up with her mother.
Although Zhao Yuanwai is old, this heart is still not able to bear it. Ordinary people have already gone insane after being frightened for so many days. But Zhao Yuanwai was only frightened and his legs were weak, so he let the second room and his daughter support him, and he stood up trembling again.
"Zhao Si, how can this be? How can this be? It's still dead, it's still dead......" Zhao Yuanwai's face was full of despair.
The greatest horror is not the moment when death comes, but the despair of being shrouded in the cloud of death, and unable to break free no matter how much you struggle.
"Lord Lu, what's going on, why did another one die last night?"
Lu Sheng's face was also not good-looking, staring at Zhao Si who was hanging in front of him, there seemed to be a flame burning violently in his chest.
"It was the evil ghost who did it, it was the evil ghost who possessed Zhao Si's body, and then let him hang himself by hanging himself, and let him write a blood book...... Master, let's run, we can't stay in Suzhou any longer, if we don't leave, why will our whole family die-"
The second lady said with a somewhat broken expression, and her whole face became distorted.
"Zhao Yuanwai, madam, Zhao Si's death is not the work of evil ghosts, let alone suicide. He was killed and hung on a beam. ”
"Someone who was killed? No, if someone killed someone, how could the death be so infiltrating? It must be an evil ghost, it must be an evil ghost. ”
"Mother, don't be afraid, we still listen to Yuzhu Gongzi, what he said is definitely not untargeted. ”
"Yes, if a normal person hangs himself, the rope will strangle the throat and get stuck in the Adam's apple. The trachea was tightened and he suffocated. The death is manifested in the form of a mouth slightly open, a tongue sticking out, a prominent bloodshot eye, and a pale face.
Clench your fists and straighten your limbs. Or wear your hands in a tooth and claw outfit, with your toes hanging down.
And Zhao Si's death, his head was raised, his face was calm, his mouth was not open, and his eyes were closed. He was supposed to have been killed and then hung from a beam. If the official's expectations are correct, Zhao Si was knocked to death by someone who broke the back of his neck. Spider!"
The spider suddenly struck, and a hidden weapon skipped the rope, and Zhao Si's body fell from the air. The spider stepped forward and probed the back of Zhao Si's neck.
"My lord, how did you guess that?"
"Have you ever seen someone hang themselves with their heads crooked? Only when the cervical vertebrae have been broken will there be such a seeping death. But the only thing that puzzled me was that I didn't hear the slightest movement last night. ”
"Even I didn't hear any movement, how could an adult hear it?" Lu Jian smiled slightly. He didn't know that Lu Sheng's skills had long surpassed him.
In the entire Suzhou Mansion, people with peak strength can already fold their hands. This is also the confidence of Lu Sheng to dare to stay in Zhao Mansion to try the murderer.
Lu Sheng was confident that no movement within a radius of a hundred zhang would be able to escape his ears. But last night, the murderer didn't even make the slightest move......? The murderer's martial arts have reached the innate level?
"From now on, no one is allowed to act alone, no matter what they do, no matter where they go, they are not allowed to leave the sight of the other two. Even if you go to bed at night, you will all gather together in a room and sleep in your clothes.
From now on, outside of Zhao Yuan, this official will send someone to protect you, even if you sleep, I must also let my subordinates guard outside your bed.
Sun You, Lu Jian, the two of you work in shifts, one in the first half of the night and the other in the second half of the night to protect Zhao Yuanwai and his wife. Spider, Ahri, the two of you are close to protect Miss Zhao. ”
"Yes!"
With the personal protection arranged by Lu Sheng, Zhao Yuanwai's face was less frightened, and he came to Lu Sheng tremblingly and arched his hand, "Then there is Lord Lao Lu......"
Lu Sheng asked Zhao Yuanwai and others who didn't want to go out first, and stayed at the scene to investigate by himself. There was still no clue left, and no trace was left.
Kill someone, leave a bloody book, and then clean up the traces. The killer is definitely not a novice. Such a sophisticated technique cannot be practiced once or twice.
Lu Sheng opened Zhao Si's corpse, and corpse spots had begun to appear on Zhao Si's corpse. Lu Sheng pinched his crushed neck bone, and there was an obvious bumpy feeling in the touch.
The murderer's hand was extremely strong, and he did not give Zhao Si the slightest chance to struggle. Suddenly appeared, strangled instantly, and didn't even have time to scream.
Suddenly, a leaf behind Zhao Si's collar caught Lu Sheng's attention. The leaves are fresh and should have been left over from last night. If this was the scene of the crime, Zhao Si should not have this leaf on his body.
Lu Sheng picked up the leaves and walked out of the yard. There is no such leaf in the front yard of the entire courtyard, and in Lu Sheng's memory, this leaf should only be in the backyard. However, the backyard is the residence of Zhao Yuanwai and his family, and the family members are not allowed to enter the backyard unless they are on duty at night or are allowed to do so.
Lu Sheng followed the clues of the leaves and finally found the only tree with such leaves.
There are two big trees at the back of the Zhao family's backyard, these two big trees are at least a few decades old, and they are lush and green. Looking up from below, the sky is completely obscured by foliage, with no gaps in sight.