Chapter 168: Modus operandi
Yes, if someone sees all these people as the target of revenge, then the one who is most likely to bring everyone together is Jin Manshan, which is Jin Fu. β
"What's more, Kim Fu has already shown his feet. I can even conclude that he had nothing to do with the papier-mΓ’chΓ© man who appeared out of thin air at the scene of the two murders. β
"But the most important point now is who Jin Fu can help kill two people in a row." Xu Chu squinted, although her tone was questioning, but her expression seemed to have an answer.
Xiao Mingzhu held her head with her hands, and hesitated to guess: "Is it Yu Niang?" β
She thought about it, but she could only think that the third uncle and Sister Chu pointed out that she had lied was suspicious.
"But Yin Niang was also alone in the house at that time, and no one could prove what she was doing. And if it's Jin Fu's hand, why is he? Did he do this and soon hurt Jin Manshan? When I went to inquire with the flower peacock today, I clearly heard the next person say that Jin Fu grew up with Jin Manshan and saved his life many times, and the two of them had a lifelong friendship. β
"Sister Chu, you said that you don't want me to be preconceived, so I specially inquired deeply, which can prove Jin Fu's loyalty to Jin Manshan, and can also prove Jin Manshan's trust in Jin Fu." Xiao Mingzhu's face was eager to try, and he said proudly, "When Jin Fu was young, he once married a wife. But then somehow the woman took advantage of Jin Manshan's drunkenness and climbed into his bed. Jin Manshan was annoyed in his heart, and he felt sorry for Jin Fu, so he not only drove people away, but also gave Jin Fu many shop land deeds. However, Jin Fu didn't answer, saying that he should only have never married that woman, and then he still served loyally and followed Jin Manshan......"
"Where did you hear about this?" Xu Chu frowned, if the friendship between Jin Fu and Jin Manshan was really a life-swapping relationship, and Jin Fu would never be moved by money, then why did he pretend to be a ghost?
And when they went to Jin Fu's room to check before, Jin Fu clearly said that he had married a wife, but his wife died early.
There are so many things in the world that sometimes all the rumors you hear may not be true.
"I heard it from an old woman who was sweeping in the backyard, and I saw that everyone else called her mother-in-law, as if she had been serving in the villa when she was young." Xiao Mingzhu raised his head proudly, with a plattering expression on his face, and Xu Chu couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Sister Chu, don't laugh, although I can't compare to you in the autopsy. But in terms of people's eyes, I'm not bad at all. "She has seen a lot of all kinds of people in the palace and palace when she was a child, no matter whether it is the old lady or the mother-in-law, whoever is credible is to join in the fun, she can still tell the difference.
Xu Chu was very funny when he saw her fried hair, but because of her expression, he could only hold back a smile, and then reached out and rubbed her head.
"Well, I believe that."
Xiao Qinglang saw that Xu Chu still had a gloomy color between his eyebrows, so he said: "If that woman really disregarded morality and ethics and climbed the bed of Jin Manshan, then it is understandable that Jin Fu said that she died early for the sake of face." β
Xu Chu nodded, men are really very taboo about cuckolding. But to be honest, that is, in this era of male superiority and inferiority, if it was a previous life, most women would have zero tolerance for men's cheating.
"If the relationship between Jin Fu and Jin Manshan is indestructible, then why did Jin Fu unite with outsiders to commit crimes in the villa? Moreover, it has also made Jin Manshan fall into fear for so many years. β
That doesn't make sense.
The laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not allow slaves, even personal slaves raised since childhood, to inherit the property of the master's family. Such a stipulation is just to prevent the next generation from having bad intentions.
And if there is an accident with Jin Manshan, the Jin family's property will only flow into the hands of Jin Manshan's next sons, and if there are no sons and nephews, they will be owned by the imperial court. Therefore, it is impossible to make money. If it is an enmity, then Jin Fu has saved Jin Manshan many times, and there should be no grudge between the two. It seems unlikely that it will be lovely. So why exactly?
"Childe, do you think this is a game set up by Jin Fu and Jin Manshan? And the so-called haunting of the mountain villa is just a cover-up. Xu Chu guessed, "The unsightly agreement between the Red Makeup House and Jin Manshan should only be known to both parties." Will the red makeup building use this to blackmail Jin Manshan, so that Jin Manshan will be suspicious in order to extinguish his mouth? β
"Anything is possible until the truth comes out." Xiao Qinglang frowned slightly, and said, "Now the biggest possibility is only these two, one is Jin Fu and Jin Manshan. The second is that Jin Fu and Yu Niang lied and concealed the case. But no matter which one it is, it has nothing to do with Jin Fu. β
Xu Chu nodded silently, and after a little thought, circled the name of Jin Fu on the roster in his hand. After a moment, she clicked on her codex and sighed, "Speculation alone is not enough to settle the case, and the two possible motives are completely different, so we need more evidence." β
"In addition, we still can't explain why Xie Niang was strangled to death by her usual wire. There is no way to explain how Yu Niang could be frozen to death. So now our top priority is to figure out how the murderer killed Xie Niang and Yu Niang unknowingly. β
Xie Niang and Yu Niang did not have a reaction to taking poison, and there was no residue of sweat medicine in the gastric juice seen by Aunt Chu. And she also carefully inspected every inch of skin on the two of them, and found no needles or scars, that is, no medicine was injected or spread into their bodies.
So how did they die in such an incredible way?
The bodies of Xie Niang and Yu Niang were stored in a remote deserted garden, which was very desolate because of its remoteness. However, it is an excellent place to store corpses.
Because both corpses were fresh, and it was freezing at this time, even if they were not preserved with ice, the corpses did not change much.
The so-called morgue is much more spacious than that of the yamen, so a dry beam and other things that strangled Xie Niang at that time were also placed here. It can be said that when I step through the door now, I look up to two corpses covered with white cloths, which is an unprovoked reminder of the scene of the blood-spattered curtain that night. As a result, Liang Mu, who has the ability to be vermilion, also looks terrible at this moment.
No matter how Xie Niang's body was examined, no useful traces were found. However, when Xu Chu walked in front of Yu Niang's corpse, Xiao Qinglang, who had never interfered with her autopsy, said unprecedentedly: "Can you check the Fengfu acupoint and the acupoint behind the ear?" β
When Xu Chu heard this, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but for her, who had studied medicine, these two acupuncture points were not unfamiliar.
"Childe suspects that someone pressed the acupuncture points to make Yu Niang unconscious for a short time?"
She saw Xiao Qinglang nodding slightly, but her eyes were a little determined, and she immediately became cautious.
The acupoint behind the ear, located in the vein behind the ear, is a deadly acupuncture point. If it is hit, it is very easy to cause eardrum perforation or even death, but if it is pressed for a long time, it will make people faint for a short time. The Fengfu acupoint, on the other hand, is a line in the middle of the back, above the neck, and in the middle of the hairline. Like the acupuncture points behind the ears, it often kills if struck, and can cause a temporary coma if pressed properly.
In fact, the acupuncture points of Chinese medicine are really broad and profound, and these two acupuncture points are not the only ones like this. However, Xiao Qinglang only proposed these two, and it was not a casual remark without a target.
You must know that Xu Chu had already dissected it yesterday, and even Yu Niang's head was examined. However, no abnormalities were noted, and there was no bleeding or pressure marks. At the time of the autopsy, there are only these two acupuncture points that can be inconspicuous, can show any marks in the skull, and can cause people to faint.
Obviously, Xu Chu understood what he meant in an instant. So, the thin autopsy knife cut the texture of the jade lady in the blink of an eye, bypassing the artery in the acupoint and pressing to one side.
"There is a shade of blood under the skin, and the ligament of the neck is strained...... Xu Chu carefully checked the situation under the skin intently, and said coldly after a while, "Yu Niang should have dodged before her death, but unfortunately she pulled on the ligament and was still hit by the Fengfu acupoint." β
Because there were no traces of the body before, and she had not examined the corpse where the cause of death was in the acupuncture point before, she really ignored the situation of fainting with the acupuncture point first. Now, if it weren't for Xiao Qinglang being careful, she would really be anxious for a while.
Xiao Mingzhu's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly leaned in to look at the knife edge that was propped open by Xu Chu with a knife, and sure enough, she saw that there were signs of bleeding in the flesh and blood under the knife, and she couldn't help but speak, "This murderer is too cunning." β
Xu Chu nodded and did not deny it, but looking at the location of the Fengfu acupoint, there was no extensive bleeding in the muscles, and there was no damage in the places other than the ligaments. In other words, the murderer should have pressed this place very clearly and accurately, rather than hitting it with an object generally.
She stretched out her hand and gestured a few times at the position of her Fengfu acupoint, and frowned, "The only person who can use this acupoint to attack Yu Niang so cleanly is someone who is familiar with her, or she is in a special position with the murderer." β
Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind, and her thoughts became clearer, "I see. β
In her mind, she slowly connected a series of strange phenomena that had occurred since she came to Lotus Villa, and slowly sorted out all the previous analyses and questions. Then, the mystery they listed seemed to gradually become clear.
Finally, she finally raised her head, her eyes lit up and she said firmly: "The motive, the cause of death, and the evidence are all there." Now it's up to the murderer's modus operandi......"
If Xie Niang and Jin Manshan burned the ghost curse in the rockery of Splendid Garden because they were frightened, then the paper money burned by the latter was for memorial.
And the object of the memorial is most likely ......