"What's the explanation?" Chu Nian looked confused.

It turns out that he is not omnipotent, so let this girl reluctantly give you a science popularization.

"Childe, people like Yi Qinghuan and them, the moment they became officials, some of them had already begun to plan for their future. For this time, intrigue will be staged from time to time, which is not inferior to the deep house compound or harem. Since ancient times, three women have played a play, and when it is good, they can drink a bowl of porridge together, and once it is not good, it is impossible to prevent it. ”

"You know a lot." There was a clear hint of sarcasm in his words.

"Fortunately, when I was young, I listened to a lot of short and gossip from my mother and aunts." I smiled absently, when I was in school, I didn't read a lot of novels, and the imagination of those novel authors is not inferior to that of your ancients.

"Lord Chu stays!" Someone shouted.

I didn't react for a while, looked at Chu Nian and smiled: "Childe, call you!" ”

Chu Nian gave me a roll of his eyes, "Call you, Lord Chu." ”

Yes, I'm Chu Nian now, and I always feel a little shorter when I'm with him.

Looking back, I saw Nian Zhongjun hurriedly walking from the opposite side, and was just about to give a salute, but I grabbed my fist first, "Lord Nian, are you in such a hurry?" ”

"Xia Guan hurried over when he heard that Lord Chu was interrogating Yi Qinghuan, but he didn't expect it to be a step too late." He was a little ashamed of this.

"It's Chu who is in a hurry, don't blame the young man."

"No, no, no, it is a blessing for the lower officials to be able to get the help of Lord Chu in this case, and I can't ask for it, I can't ask for it. Xia Guan is really busy today, since Lord Chu has already been arraigned, it is the same as Lord Chu to investigate the case. "He's very nervous and humble.

I smiled, and seriously told Nian Zhongjun what Su Qian had talked about and what Yi Qinghuan had said this morning.

"It turns out that the rumors are true! I have also heard that Master Su and General Jiang have some festivals, but I don't want it to be because of Yi Qinghuan. Nian Zhongjun frowned frequently when he heard this, and only after a moment did he speak: "Could it be that Lord Chu suspects that General Jiang ......."

I smiled and said vaguely, "Nian, I didn't say anything, that's what you guessed." ”

Nian Zhongjun was stunned, and then shook his head, "This, the lower official also said casually that it is not true, and, according to the opinion of the lower official, it is not enough to believe what he said." ”

This old slippery head," said the young man. By the way, since I met Nian, I want to ask Nian's for a small favor. ”

"Don't dare to be, I don't know what Lord Chu needs to help from the lower officials?"

"I drank and misbehaved last night, and I haven't carefully investigated the situation of the corpse, so please ask Lord Nian to lead the way to take a look."

At the mention of this, Nian Zhongjun's face was embarrassed, "This, the lower officials are only afraid that they can't help." General Jiang sent someone early this morning, his attitude was too tough, although Xia Guan is the prefect of this city, but this border is a military place after all, and the people are really too powerful to provoke. ”

"Well, that's a pity, maybe I missed some details because of this." Jiang Qingping took Jiang Zhong's corpse unexpectedly.

Nian Zhongjun glanced left and right, and whispered to me: "Actually, the lower officials are also afraid of General Jiang's move, so he specially instructed the body to be carefully examined again in the morning. ”

Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, "Then Lord Lao Nian will lead the way." ”

When I came to the prefect's yamen, I happened to meet Zhao Zhutou who was going out in a hurry, and was stopped by Nian Zhongjun, "Zhao Zhutou came just in time, go Wang Qizuo called, Lord Chu has something important to ask him." ”

Zhao Zhutou said that Wang Chengzuo went to the scene of the crime yesterday to look for something, and after careful questioning, he learned that when Wang Chengzuo was inspecting the corpse, he found that there was strange dust and paint chips on the back of the corpse's head, and he went to the scene to see where it would be left.

I looked at Chu Nian, and he gave me a look, and we parted as we left the yamen.

The group came to the Drunken Wind Building, because of the murder, today's business is very depressed.

The owner of the Drunken Wind Building happened to be there today, and when he heard that the prefect had come to investigate the case in person, he hurried out to greet him.

The polite words of the scene were given to Nian Zhongjun, and I quietly withdrew from the pile of people and came to the scene of the crime, and saw Wang Chengzuo observing the pillars of the cloister with his hands behind his back, and stroked his goatee with a puzzled face, "Why not?" It shouldn't be! ”

Curious, I leaned over and asked, "What is Wang Chengzuo studying?" ”

Wang Qizuo came back to his senses and was startled when he saw me, "Lord Chu, why are you here?" ”

I was just about to give a gift when I stopped me, "I wanted to go to the yamen to ask Wang Cheng to do something, but I heard that you came here, so I stopped by to have a look." ”

Wang Chengzuo is a bright person, and after listening to my words, he said bluntly, "Back to my lord, I found that some details were missed in the relationship between the dark yesterday, but this morning I found that there was dust on the back of the corpse's head, and some wood chips and paint chips were hidden deep in the hair. He thought that Jiang Wen was greedy for too much cup, and he had fallen on the grass or somewhere before his death, so he specially checked the gap between his fingernails, but found that his hands were very clean, and his clothes were not stained with any debris, and it seemed that only the back of his head remained, so he wondered if his brain had also been hit before he died? ”

I listened carefully as I checked the pillars of the cloister, and found that the paintings around the pillars were indeed intact. ”

Inadvertently glanced at the pillar where the corpse fell, the women's footprints that were sprinkled with lime are still clearly printed, I drank too much last night and didn't look closely, and today I found something strange when I looked at it, the shoe prints were clearly visible, but the depth of the shoe prints did not match the woman's weight. The depth of the footprints can often judge a person's height and weight, I have seen those dancing girls, and I also know some rumors about the official family, in addition to their outstanding appearance and talent, they also have high requirements for their figure, with this footprint, the weight is seriously overweight, what important details did I ignore?

Sitting on the corridor, pondering carefully, yesterday through two pairs of shoe prints judged that the two were the two of them, all kinds of signs judged that the man was responsible for the murder, and the woman assisted from the side, although it was not yet possible to determine who the man was, but the identity of the woman was preliminarily determined to be the group of dancing girls.

But now the different shades of the shoe prints have made me question my own reasoning.

A gust of wind chased by, and a lot of dust drifted down from above, and I noticed that when I looked up, I saw that these dust attendants were blown off the beams, and the dust of the beams?

Is this it?

"Lord Chu, what are you looking at?" Nian Zhongjun came over at this time, followed by Chu Nian and Tang Li.

I shook my head with a light smile, temporarily suppressed my doubts, looked at Chu Nian and Tang Li and asked, "Are the things you need ready?" ”

"Yes, my lord." Chu Nian took the scarecrow from Tang Li's hand, came to the side of the corridor and looked up at the beam, and then stood on the scarecrow on the corridor and said to Tang Li: "Tang guard, it's okay." ”

Tang Li understood, took out the white silk similar to the ribbon of the dance clothes, and walked towards Chu Nian under the gaze of everyone.

Nian Zhongjun looked at it in confusion, watching Tang Li throw the white silk in his hand over the beam above the corridor, and the other end threw out the white silk from a distance, and the white silk was wrapped around the scarecrow's erect neck, and everyone was stunned.

"Lord Chu, this ......"

I looked at Chu Nian quietly, no wonder I dragged Nian Zhongjun to the scene together, it turned out that Wang Chengzuo was confused about this.

At this moment, Tang Li dragged the white silk that went around the beam in his hand, and with a little force, he pulled the scarecrow up, and the scarecrow was dragged upward, and the back of his head hit the beam hard.

Then, Tang Li put down the scarecrow little by little, and still hung it without letting go of the scarecrow's foot, and Chu Nian stabbed a dagger into the scarecrow's heart at the right time.

After this process of restoring the murderer's murder, I took Wang Yanzuo to the side of the scarecrow, pointed to the dust and sawdust on the back of its head and asked, "Wang Yanzuo, do you see these?" ”

Wang Yanzuo hadn't recovered from the shock yet, and when he heard me ask, he suddenly nodded and said, "That's right, that's it." ”

In order to confirm, Zhao Zhutou also went to look at the beam, and confirmed that the beam above the crime scene was indeed different.

"Bang bang." The applause rang out, and Nian Zhongjun was so excited that he clapped his hands, "Wonderful, really wonderful!" ”

"It's just that Xia Guan has a question that is very puzzling, if the accomplice is a woman and a dancing girl, can the thinness really kill a man who is burder than her?"

"Yes, if the murderer has been planning for a long time, he will naturally be prepared. It's part of her plan, and she's going to work hard. Tang Li took over the conversation and explained to him.

I secretly recalled Tang Li's words, I had been planning for a long time, yes, I had planned it a long time ago.

Since it was a premeditated action, he must have left enough way back for himself.

When I returned to the post station, I grabbed my pen and began to sort out the contents of the two-day investigation, I am not the kind of smart person who never forgets, and I will be confused if I don't know a lot of things.

Tang Li came in with lunch, and when he saw that I was still there for a while, he asked Chu Nian, "Childe, what are you busy with?" ”

Chu Nian threw away the book in his hand and said casually: "She's not hungry." ”

"Who said that? Don't eat them all, leave me some. "I've smelled the smell of food for a long time, but I'm obsessive-compulsive, and I'm upset if I'm not done!

Tang Li leaned over curiously, and endured to look at the drawings I drew carefully, "What are you drawing of the construction of the scene of the Drunken Wind Building?" ”

"I thought I was messy, but I didn't think you could understand it."

Tang Li said with a smile: "It's much stronger than the ghost painting talisman I drew, I heard Gongzi say Yi Qinghuan's confession on the road, and my subordinates have also carefully observed the scene, there are indeed two corner gates that pass through the corridor, Su Qian and Yi Qinghuan missed it, it's not impossible." Tang Li took a bite of the steamed bun and pointed to the two corner doors drawn on the drawing.

I replied in the negative: "No, not this one." ”

"What's that?"

"The painting is good, although the head is a little rusty after a year, the painting has grown." Chu Nian also came to the bookcase, took the drawings in Tang Li's hand and looked at them carefully, and said with a smile: "She drew because she couldn't figure out one thing. ”

"What's the matter?"

"What she can't figure out is that there are some special female footprints!"