When Xie Jinlan heard this, a sudden flash of inspiration: "I know something is wrong!" ”

Ruan Yezhen suddenly looked at him in surprise.

Xie Jinlan said: "The amount of blood is wrong! It is said that the dead were unrecognizable, and the amount of blood left on the stone should not be just that. ”

Ruan Yezhen said she didn't understand.

Xie Jinlan explained again:

"There are many sharp points on this stone, which are enough to ruin a person's countenance. But as in the case of the deceased, there is nothing good on the face, and it must not be the result of a one-time cause.

And if the murderer had smashed the deceased's face with this stone, the blood stains on it would have been deeper. ”

Ruan Yezhen suddenly realized, but she was still a little puzzled:

"So you mean to say that this stone is just a suspicion of the murderer, and that the murder weapon that really ruined the deceased's face is something else?

But why? There are ready-made things, why should the murderer use something else? ”

Xie Jinlan smiled lightly: "Maybe the murderer only thought of this after committing the murder." ”

Ruan Yezhen let out a light 'oh' to express her understanding and said no more.

Xie Jinlan got up and looked around the stone for a moment, then bent down and moved it. But in an instant, the stone was put back in its place.

Ruan Yezhen only felt strange: "Xie Jinlan, what are you doing here?" ”

Xie Jinlan shook his head lightly and said, "I'll talk about it later." ”

Ruan Yezhen nodded inexplicably.

The two of them came to another stone with blood stains.

Caressing the blood stains on the stone, Xie Jinlan was thoughtful.

Although Ruan Yezhen was puzzled by his actions at the moment, she would not bother.

After a while, Xie Jinlan smiled: "This bloodstain is not right. ”

Ruan Yezhen tilted her head curiously: "What's wrong?" ”

Xie Jinlan pointed to the bloodstained bulge and said:

"If the deceased had struck the back of the head while rolling down from the mountain, the blood would have flowed from above, and the blood below would have been more than above.

But if you look at this stone, the blood stains above the bulge are significantly higher than at the bottom of the normal one. It seems that the murderer hit the deceased in the back of the head with this stone, and then placed it here. ”

When the words fell, he picked up the stone as if he had gone first, and immediately put it back again.

Without waiting for Ruan Yezhen to speak, he explained to himself: "I see that these two stones are covered with grass underneath. It can be seen that these two stones have only been moved here for a short time. ”

Ruan Yezhen thought thoughtfully: "The stones in Yanzhong Mountain are distributed everywhere, where there are two more stones, and where there are two less stones, no one will pay attention at all." ”

Xie Jinlan glanced at her appreciatively: "Not bad!" ”

Shuanggui County has been sunny and sunny recently, and it has never rained. Therefore, the blood stains here are still there.

Ruan Yezhen looked at the bloodstains extending down here, and after a little contemplation, she looked at Xie Jinlan:

In this case, the murderer should have rolled the deceased off the hill and then hit the deceased on the back of the head to disfigure him. Then place the two stones in two places to create blood stains along the way. ”

Xie Jinlan nodded affirmatively: "That's right!" ”

Ruan Yezhen was overjoyed at first, and then discouraged: "But, even if we know this, what's the use? ”

Xie Jinlan said: "How useless? Restoring the murderer's modus operandi is also one of the keys to finding the real culprit. ”

Ruan Yezhen didn't understand: "But, isn't the murderer Bai Siyuan?" Aren't we just going to find out where he's hiding now? ”

Xie Jinlan smiled meaningfully: "Don't forget, Bai Sihe disappeared five years ago. ”

Ruan Yezhen's eyes suddenly widened in surprise: "Do you suspect that the murderer may be Bai Sihe?" But isn't he already crazy? ”

Xie Jinlan said: "These are all what Dr. Liu said, and no one knows whether it is true or false. Besides, even if what Dr. Liu said is true, do you know that Bai Sihe didn't pretend back then? Do you know that Bai Sihe's madness is not good? ”

Ruan Yezhen nodded clearly, and then as if she had thought of something, she frowned in distress and stopped talking.

Xie Jinlan raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Miss Ruan is thinking, how could the two of them have such a grudge against a woman, or even a woman who has fallen into the dust?" ”

was guessed in her mind, although Ruan Yezhen's face was slightly red, she generously admitted: "That's right!" ”

Xie Jinlan said: "This matter still needs to wait for the results of Jiang Zhutou's investigation. ”

As he spoke, he crossed Ruan Yezhen and walked directly in the direction of the town.

Ruan Yezhen followed closely.

saw Xie Jinlan walking to a stall where he was writing letters, and sat down drastically opposite the stall owner.

The stall owner was a young man in his early twenties, dressed in gray coarse clothes and white, and when he saw someone coming at this moment, he immediately put down the book in his hand and said with a smile: "This boy wants to write letters on his behalf?" ”

Ruan Yezhen instantly compared this person with Zhang Xi, who lived in the Kazama Inn.

is also a scholar, but the man in front of him can write letters for others so openly to make a living. And that Zhang Xi, on the surface, was ashamed of such behavior, in order to make a living, but he was unwilling to copy books to earn money......

"All you have to do is write a sentence for me."

Xie Jinlan's voice suddenly recalled Ruan Yezhen's thoughts that were gradually drifting away.

The stall owner was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "This son, my generation writes letters, and I charge for how much paper." A penny for five cents. ”

Xie Jinlan took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and gently threw it on the table.

The stall owner looked at the one or two pieces of silver lying quietly on the table, and said, "Childe, I'm afraid I won't be able to find these two pieces of silver here." ”

Xie Jinlan waved his hand disapprenosingly: "It's okay." The extra money will be deposited with you for the time being. ”

The stall owner didn't twist it, and directly put away the broken silver. Then I started to study the ink.

After the tip of the pen was stained with ink, the stall owner looked at Xie Jinlan: "Son, please speak." ”

Xie Jinlan said: "At the beginning of tonight, I will talk at the foot of Yanshan Mountain. ”

The stall owner quickly put pen to paper.

After the ink dried, without waiting for the stall owner to make a move, Xie Jinlan said: "No need for an envelope, just give it to me." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand to the stall owner.

The stall owner folded the piece of paper and handed it to Xie Jinlan, and said at the end: "I will write letters here every day." ”

Xie Jinlan bowed slightly, and said, "Dare to ask Your Excellency's surname?" ”

The stall owner said calmly: "Pei Ziyao." ”

Xie Jinlan arched his hand: "Master Pei, farewell." ”

Pei Ziyao returned the salute.

On the way, Ruan Yezhen saw Xie Jinlan clenching the piece of paper in his hand.

Walking to the backyard of a house, Xie Jinlan jumped into the courtyard with a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Ruan Yezhen hurriedly entered through the wall.

The house was quite clean, and there were not many slaves. Xie Jinlan walked to a bedroom.

After a quick look left and right, he dodged into the house.

Once inside, he walked straight to the bookcase by the window, and pressed the corner of the paper in his palm under the paperweight.

Then, as he entered, he left the mansion silently.

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