Chapter Twenty-Three: The Death of the Dragon
The dragon will be dead.
Xue Long, the big horse golden knife sat against the wall.
A small circular hole pierced the center of his eyebrows
His eyes were wide open, and he didn't seem to believe that he would be killed by his murderer until he died.
He Lu stood outside the door, holding the key and lock: "When I came to invite General Xue Long, the sergeant of the army brought me here, but he couldn't knock on the door, and the soldier smelled blood, and felt extremely inappropriate, so he slammed the door open, and then saw the current appearance. Therefore, I immediately ordered the house to be locked and waited for the adults to decide. ”
"Which soldier is it?" The Chu River looked around.
A stout soldier walked out tremblingly: "My lord, it's me." ”
Chu He looked at him: "Since you found out that General Xue Long died, have you ever left this place?" ”
The soldier knelt down and kowtowed: "My lord, although my general Long likes to whip and beat, he never deducts our salary on weekdays, so I ...... I've been here all the time. ”
"In the middle, can anyone enter this place?" Lin Lao asked.
"Back to the adult, no, the villain has been watching." The soldier said hurriedly.
"I stayed here with this soldier and never left." Horu arched.
Chu He raised his feet and wanted to go in, but Song Nian stretched out his hand to stop him.
"My lord, don't destroy the scene of the crime."
Although he didn't quite understand what Song Nian meant, Chu He still stopped after frowning.
Lin Lao was behind and explained to He Lu in a low voice: "My family Master Chu is tolerant and elegant, especially for strange people like Master Song. ”
Horu nodded repeatedly, not knowing whether it was true or false.
Song Nianke didn't care about this, and slowly entered the house.
She intuitively felt that the death of this dragon was not simple.
When I looked up, I saw the sunny side of the room, with four small openings. These small mouths are large on the outside and small on the inside, and the size is like a dog hole. Song Nian knew this thing, but it was the shooting port on the arrow stack, which was small inside and large outside, which was convenient for crossbowmen to aim and resist the arrows outside. This dragon general's house is also set up with such shooting ports, and it is obviously a person who is waiting for him.
Other than that, the only entrance to this room is the wooden door.
Song Nian looked around and did a quick check.
The dragon general's room was extremely simple, except for two suitcases and a bed, there was only one weapon shelf.
"Lord Chu, the only entrance to this room is this wooden door, and General Xue Long is facing the door, with his back against the wall, and he died with a stab in the center of his eyebrows, so it is impossible for the murderer to be shot through this small shot hole and died. Therefore, the murderer must have used clever means to plug this door from the inside after killing people. Song Nian seemed to grasp the murderer's idea of killing.
She picked up the broken latch and took a closer look.
If the latch is pulled with a knife little by little, there will be knife marks, if it is used with silk thread, there will be skewering marks of silk threads, and if it burns silk threads, there will be burn marks.
Song Nian's nose trembled slightly, as if he smelled the burning breath in the air.
"My lord, there is a secret passage here!" Zhang Heiniu said breathlessly.
As soon as Song Nian turned around, he found that he had removed the heavy and sturdy suitcase, revealing the tunnels underneath.
Song Nian walked over and slapped a palm on the top of Zhang Heiniu's head: "Who made you move!" I'm not saying that no one can touch anything at the scene of the crime! ”
Zhang Heiniu touched his head aggrievedly.
"How did you find out? If you can't say it, you're the culprit, and you're deliberately ...... Smoke grenades are set off here in this master book. "Song Nian deliberately made the whole black cow, hum, embarrassing this girl.
Of course, Zhang Heiniu followed the Black Armor Army from beginning to end, even if he had the heart, he didn't have the time to commit the crime.
"Lord Song, I just see how hard this box is grinding underneath, it seems to move like this often, and when we were children, we also liked to dig holes in the village to play, and build a red willow basket or something...... Grind and grind, it's the same as this. Zhang Heiniu touched his head, quite aggrieved: "I also want to help adults ......"
"Shut up!" Song Nian said fiercely: "You, go down and find out, what's going on in the tunnel." ”
"Yes! My lord! Zhang Heiniu jumped down from the entrance of the tunnel, Song Nian thought about it, gritted his teeth, and jumped down.
The tunnels were dark but spacious, and after a short walk, you reached the exit.
Zhang Heiniu was the first to go up, and Song Nian followed.
Pushing open the box that pressed the entrance of the tunnel, Song Nian found that this room was very similar to the previous one, but the door of this room was actually locked from the outside. When the two of them knocked on the door and asked He Lu and the others to open the door from the outside, they saw the strange eyes of He Lu and the soldiers of Shanyang Village beside him.
"What, there's something wrong with this house?" Song Nian asked.
"This is, General Xue Hu's bedroom." Chu He said lightly.
Xue Hu...... Impossible, Xue Hu and Xue Long have a deep brotherhood, everyone knows this. This tunnel leads to other places, right? The murderer is supposed to have infiltrated through the tunnels and left from somewhere else. ”
Song Nian smiled and said lightly, "Look at this latch." ”
On the latch, there were some slight traces of blood, and when I smelled it again, the faint smell of blood still existed.
The people present were all from the army, even if they had never killed anyone, the prey was not less, and the blood was not rare, so they naturally knew that this was a bloodstain that had just been left behind.
"The blood has been cleaned up, but ...... Whoever walks by, must leave traces," Song Nian pointed to the ground: "Here, here, here, there are traces of blood beads falling and sweeping." ”
Chu He frowned, the deceased in this case was a border general, and the suspect ...... is another six-rank general...... Trouble.
Song Nian quickly searched in Xue Hu's room.
No valuable evidence was found, but ...... When Song Nian's eyes swept over an object, he was slightly surprised, but he didn't say anything.
Although it is a forbidden object, with Xue Hu's identity, it is actually not a big deal?
After thinking about it, Song Nian still decided to settle the matter, after all, this matter should have nothing to do with the case.
It's just that she looked at Xue Hu's house, and there were many marks of chopping and puncture on the rammed earth walls and furniture in the house.
This martial madman...... To tell the truth, Song Nian admired the martial arts of this tiger general and dragon general.
At this time, Chu He also interceded about the situation.
"What about Xue Hu? Where is he! Chu He asked.
"Ben General, here!"
Xue Hu's heavy voice came.
Song Nian and the others saw that Xue Hu didn't know when he would come back, carrying a man covered in blood in his hand.
"This is ......" Song Nian faintly felt that the person Xue Hu was carrying in his hand was somewhat familiar.
"It was this person who killed my cousin Xue Long!" Xue Hu threw the man on the ground: "...... I've got it back, so let's try it! '
Song Nian stared at the man for a long time, and suddenly realized that this was not ...... Was that the soldier she interrogated in the dungeon of Shanyangzhai at the beginning?
"Lord Chu, shall I go and have a look first?" Song Nian said in a low voice.
Chu He nodded slightly.
Song Nian stepped forward to take a look, although the man was covered in blood, it was only a flesh injury, not fatal.
Song Nian first quickly checked his physical condition, then frowned and bandaged him.
"Master Song, this person killed my cousin, there is no need to bother with him." Xue Hu said indifferently.
Song Nian smiled: "I treated this person's injuries, so as not to bleed to death before this person finished explaining." ”
After the bandaging was completed, Song Nian asked, "What's your name?" ”
"The small one, the small one is called Ma Wu." The man gasped.
Song Nian frowned: "Ma Wu, General Xue Hu said...... Did you kill General Dragon? ”
Ma Wu gasped a few times: "Yes...... I killed it, I killed it! Kill me! ”