Chapter 153: Opening the coffin for an autopsy, beating the drum and shouting grievances
The first document, with simple and powerful lines, draws an ugly rag doll, indicating that this is the rag doll used by the noble people to perform witchcraft in the case of the witchcraft of the nobles.
Gu Panxi was amazed, even this kind of thing can be obtained, Lai Lao Liu is really capable. I just don't know how he got it, and whether this can be trusted.
Lai Lao Liu seemed to know that Gu Panxi would ask such a question, and wrote clearly the origin of the appearance of this rag doll on the back of the paper.
It turned out that the matter of the noble witch Gu caused a stir in the palace, and the mouths of the little eunuchs with good things spread out of the palace. Those sour shows who made money by selling small books and periodicals smelled the business opportunity, so they racked their brains to extract a lot of information from the mouth of the little eunuch, and then drew small pictures that were easy to spread, with simple words, which were very popular in Le'an Mansion at that time.
Later, Shi Wenzheng ordered the looting of these small pictures, but although the looting was large, there were fish that eventually slipped through the net. Lai Lao Liu said that he found this picture in the house of a blind old woman.
Gu Panxi was stunned, the blind old woman still collects pictures? What a miracle......
The second document is some of the lives of the noble people before they entered the palace. Lai Lao Liu said that he came from the neighbors of Xian Guiren, and said that Xian Guiren was well-behaved and filial, very obedient, and he was timid to anyone he talked to, and he was especially timid, and he was scared twice when he saw others killing chickens. If you really want to say that Xian Guiren has the most contact, it is an old woman who lives in an alley with her and relies on tailoring skills, Xian Guiren helps her from time to time, and also learns some female workers.
As a criminal policeman, Gu Panxi is the least accustomed to seeing these. Just because you're usually timid doesn't mean you don't have the courage to commit crimes. Which murderer was not excavated as a "good son" and "good neighbor" after the accident? In everything, we should only look at the evidence, and we cannot judge a person as good or bad based on these thin impressions.
The third document is a little interesting, written about a noble tanuki changing the prince.
The exchange of the tanuki for the prince is also one of the most famous stories in court tales. This version of Xian Guiren said that although Xian Guiren was favored by Shi Wenzheng, he was actually not pregnant, but he just bought the diagnosis of the imperial doctor and the stable woman who delivered the baby, acted in a play, and secretly brought a little doll from outside the palace, pretending to be his son, in order to be a bicycle and a motorcycle, and wanted to become a phoenix in one step.
This story is written with ups and downs, and the bridges such as how the noble people buy everyone and how to drop the doll are written with flesh and bones, which is very eye-catching. Gu Panxi watched it with relish, and almost forgot that he was doing business.
No matter how good the story is, it is a story after all, and there is no credibility at all. Gu Panxi scratched his face and muttered: "This Lai Lao Liu, although I said that many bits and pieces count, you can find them for me." But that's child's play......"
But muttering and muttering, Gu Panxi also knew that time was urgent, and Lai Lao Liu did this, at best, it could be regarded as cautious and responsible, so he didn't really blame him.
Three documents, not light, not heavy. Gu Panxi couldn't help but ponder, how to find a breakthrough and find the truth along the way.
Helpless, Gu Panxi can only use the most primitive means to analyze the three elements of the real murderer's crime: motive, time and method.
The motive is that the nobles have it, or all the concubines in the harem have it. Gong Dou, who doesn't want to overwhelm the crowd, praise his son as the crown prince to inherit the unification, and be a high-ranking queen mother in the future? If you really want to count, the most suspicious people are still those people: the queen, Emperor Zheng's concubine, Concubine Yi, and the Xian nobles who have died.
Time and technique are more important, if Xian Guiren has not been wronged, then when is she ready to write a rag doll with a few princes' birthdays?
If the noble man is wronged, the real murderer also has to face this problem, and an additional problem to be solved is how to hide these rag dolls in the bedroom of the noble man unknowingly and complete the planting?
Preparing a rag doll and hiding it in the bedroom of a noble person is by no means an easy task. In the forbidden place of the deep palace, there are countless palace maids, eunuchs, and guards, coming and going, so many pairs of eyes watching, who can guarantee that what they have done is absolutely not leaked?
Speaking of rag dolls, if the rag dolls were purchased from outside the palace, there must be someone who handled them; If it is sewn by hand, the cloth, needle and thread, and cotton are all provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and are recorded, even if the real murderer has the means to bypass the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it still can't bypass the person who handles it, and it will eventually leave a trace.
Unless...... This person who handled it has been killed!
When Gu Panxi thought of this, his scalp suddenly went numb. The enemies in the potential shadows are definitely not stingy in killing, especially the palace maids, eunuchs and other servants, in the eyes of the high-ranking clan concubines, they are not human beings at all!
looked at the three documents and was stunned for a while, Gu Panxi supported his cheek with one hand, picked up the picture with the rag doll painted again, and said to himself: "Maybe you can only default to the fact that this rag doll is the real thing, and then try your luck to see if you can find out the origin." ”
At this time, Dongmei entered the room to bring refreshments to Gu Panxi. Gu Panxi didn't hide it from her, beckoned, and shouted, "Dongmei, come and take a look at this." ”
Dongmei should be, she came to Gu Panxi's side and glanced at the picture of the rag doll, and she actually let out a "huh".
Gu Panxi was surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Dongmei, what's wrong, do you recognize this rag doll?!" ”
Dongmei nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, princess." This rag doll has particularly slender hands and feet, looks weird, and is very unique, and anyone who has seen it can recognize it at a glance by calling it 'Long-handed Son'. ”
Gu Panxi found out that this rag doll really had unusually slender hands and feet. The reason why she didn't notice it was because she had played with boys' toys since she was a child, and she had never touched the rag dolls, so that she subconsciously thought that the rag dolls were like this.
"Dongmei, then do you know this rag doll, who is selling it?"
Dongmei nodded hurriedly, thought about it for a while, and then replied, "I know, I know." This rag doll is being sold by a mother-in-law surnamed Xu in Chaoxin Street, Beicheng, Le'an Mansion. She was so pitiful, she was originally a tailor, but then she didn't know how to be blind, so she groped her way to make a relatively simple rag doll. The reason why this rag doll has particularly slender hands and feet is said to be because Granny Xu is blind and can't see. ”
Gu Panxi was ecstatic, she really didn't expect that the origin of this rag doll would be so easy to trace. Now as long as she finds this Granny Xu, won't she find an entry point?
"Zhao Zhong, Zhao Zhong! Prepare a carriage for this concubine! ”
Without further ado, Gu Panxi thought about this matter, and he didn't care that it was already night, so he was going out and looking for this Granny Xu in Chaoxin Street, Beicheng of Le'an Mansion.
Zhao Zhong was very neat, and soon after Gu Panxi greeted him, he made everything ready to go. Gu Panxi didn't say much, put on the clothes for going out and strode out, and as soon as he stepped out of the mansion with his front feet, he was stunned when he saw the things prepared by Zhao Zhong.
"Zhao Zhong, where's the carriage?"
Gu Panxi saw Zhao Zhong leading a white horse, but he didn't prepare the carriage as she ordered, his face was dazed, and he said that Zhao Zhong, an honest man, was also going to rebel.
Zhao Zhong explained unhurriedly: "Princess, that's the case. The prince knew that the princess preferred horseback riding to riding a car, so before going out with the army, he asked the emperor for a condition, hoping to transfer his special privilege of galloping horses in the city to you, the princess! ”
Gu Panxi was stunned, and he couldn't help but have a happy smile on his face.
This bastard...... Stupid or not!
Gu Panxi approached the white horse led by Zhao Zhong, touched the horse's head, and asked, "Does this horse have a name?" ”
Zhao Zhong shook his head and said, "This is also a good horse for the princess before he left. Just waiting for the princess to give her name! ”
Gu Panxi felt a lot of tenderness in his heart, put his face on the face of the white horse and rubbed it gently, feeling the gentleness of the horse, and asked: "The prince's mount is the black horse, what is it called?" ”
"Chasing the Moon!"
"Good. This concubine and the prince are of the same heart, since the prince is chasing the moon, then the concubine will pick up the stars! We husband and wife should emulate the bright moon and stars on the horizon - the stars and the moon shine together! This concubine loves horses, and it will be called 'picking stars' in the future! ”
Zhao Zhong applauded repeatedly.
Gu Panxi didn't say much, after she asked the direction of Beicheng towards Xinjie, she immediately turned over her horse, raised her whip, and galloped away.
When Gu Panxi and Zhao Zhong went to Chaoxin Street in the north city of Le'an Mansion, it was already near the end of the unitary hour, that is, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening. At this time, every family is resting at home, ready to sleep, and the road is quiet, and there are not many rats.
Dongmei only knew that Granny Xu lived in Chaoxin Street, but she didn't remember which household she lived in, so there was really no way, Gu Panxi and Zhao Zhong could only take the liberty of asking from door to door. Fortunately, she has the identity of a princess, and after knocking on the door and patting five or six households, an old resident of Chaoxin Street heard that she was looking for the surname "Xu", so he pointed her in the direction - it was the one at the end of Chaoxin Street.
After Gu Panxi asked Zhao Zhong to pay some silver to reward this old resident, he went straight to this last household, and patted the door for a long time before the door "creaked" open, revealing a round face full of fear.
"Who are you looking for?" The round face looks like she is in her early thirties, and she is a simple, dark-skinned woman.
Gu Panxi got straight to the point and said, "Hello, we are here to find Granny Xu!" ”
The woman was stunned, frowned, and asked, "Who do you say you are looking for?" ”
Gu Panxi was also stunned for a moment, and repeated: "We are here to find Granny Xu." Granny Xu who makes rag dolls! ”
The woman's eyes suddenly turned red, she raised her hand to wipe it, and said something that made Gu Panxi stunned: "My mother, a few days ago, I died!" ”
When Gu Panxi heard this, it was really like being hit by lightning, his brain went blank, and he was instantly stunned in place, not moving......