Su Jingliang didn't expect that when he went home after buying medicinal herbs, what was waiting for him was a wall in the guest room.

Because of the cold weather, the traces of the bucket of water that Li Mao splashed are still there, and because of the freezing, the shadow left in the water stains is becoming clearer and clearer.

"Is that really a person?"

Su Jingliang asked, his voice much lower than when he used to speak. He felt that his hands and feet were cold, and he was looking forward to finding the long-lost nurse after breaking the wall, but he was also afraid that when the wall was really broken, the one inside would really be the nurse. The former is an explanation to the housekeeper, while the latter doesn't know how to explain.

"Whether it is a person or not, Ruyi can't judge at the moment, but judging from the appearance of this shadow, it should be a person, and it is an old man." Xing Ruyi rubbed his hands: "Second Brother Su, if the manpower is already gathered, will the wall be broken?" While it's not yet dark, the big guys are braver, otherwise when the sky gets dark, they really find out that there is a missing nurse inside, and it is estimated that everyone will have nightmares after returning home. ”

This last sentence, of course, is a joke that can make people relaxed, but Su Jingliang is serious. He walked up to one of the older servants and pointed to the wall, "Break the wall, make less noise." Until things are figured out, it's best not to alarm Lord and Madame. ”

"Got it, Second Young Master!"

The man was also quick to do things, and he quickly assigned people while responding. A few of the servants did not delay, and smashed their hands towards the wall.

"Boom!"

The wall shook and cracked. The leading servant walked up to him and looked through the gap, his face changed instantly. He hurriedly turned around, walked up to Su Jingliang with his head down, and said, "Second Young Master, there is a crack in the wall, and the little one looks inside, it seems that it is really a person there!" ”

"Have you looked closely?"

Su Jingliang asked, and there was a hint of nervousness in his eyes.

"Back to the second young master, I didn't look carefully at the side, but the things in the gap, the small ones are really real, they are fabrics, the kind of fabrics that people wear on their bodies." The leading servant was a little louder this time, he bent down, and continued to ask: "This wall, should we continue to smash it?" ”

"Smash! Of course, we have to keep smashing, but let them smash it. You go to the old lady right now, tell them about the coming to the hospital, and tell the old lady that you just know, you don't have to come. In addition, find someone to report the case to the yamen, if this wall is really a nurse, it is a proper murder case, we need to report it to the official! ”

"The little one understands, so I'll send someone to report to the official, and the little one on the old lady's side will say it in person." The leading servant turned around and said a few words to the men with the guy before hurrying away.

The breaking of the wall began again, but this time the force was a little smaller than the first time, but the walls that already had cracks soon all broke open and shattered, and the shadows that were originally hidden in them were gradually revealed in front of the people.

The person who was sealed in the wall was indeed a person, looking at the clothes, and it looked like the missing nurse in the house. Her head arched forward at a strange angle, her hair scattered, obscuring most of her face, revealing only a rotten eye, looking dryly at people.

The nurse's clothes were in good condition, with some dark brown stains in addition to the stained mud. Through the smell of blood on the tip of his nose, Xing Ruyi could tell that those stains were dried blood.

The nurse's hands were firmly anchored to the wall by nails, which penetrated directly through the palms. The feet were also nailed, but only to the ankles, which seemed to be a bit of ingenuity. The waist is tied with a wide strip of cloth, and the two ends are fixed separately with nails to form a perfect fixed pattern.

Xing Ruyi looked at the strip of cloth and asked Su Jingliang: "Is this cloth the nurse's own?" ”

Su Jingliang carefully identified it, "It may or may not be." Before the nurse's accident, in addition to being a shallow nurse, she was also the inner son of our housekeeper at that time, so she would also have some fabrics in the house. ”

"In that case, it's unlikely that you'll be able to find the killer from these fabrics."

"Although the Su family has some family business, it is not a wealthy family, and the fabrics used are all purchased from those silk villages in nearby towns, which are not precious. So trying to find the murderer from the fabric is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. ”

"Not necessarily!" Xing Ruyi's eyes rolled around, and then looked at Su Jingliang and smiled slightly: "Second Brother Su must have forgotten, this is not something that ordinary people can come to the hospital if they want to." I remember that when I first arrived in the house, Second Brother Su once said that this courtyard is specially used to entertain distinguished guests, and in addition to being cleaned by fixed personnel every day, other idle people are not allowed to enter. So, Ruyi wants to ask Second Brother Su, can he hide the body of the nurse in the wall without knowing it, but ordinary people in the house can do it? ”

"Can't! There are a total of five keys to the hospital, one is on the housekeeper's side, and the housekeeper is responsible for leading people to clean every day, and the whole cleaning process is supervised by the housekeeper. And most of the people in charge of cleaning are maids, who want to transport the corpse in under the nose of the housekeeper, and then stuff it into the wall in a grand manner, which is equivalent to a fantasy. In addition, my father and my mother are each in charge, because they are the heads of the family, and although they may not come here often, they still have the key. ”

"Are the keys in the hands of the lord and lady in their respective hands?"

"Not necessarily, like my mother, all her keys are in the hands of the big girl next to her, and the big girl has also been with my mother since she was a child, and she can definitely be trusted."

"One housekeeper, one each for Master Su and Mrs. Su, so where are the remaining two keys?"

"Oh, one of the remaining two is with me. Because I am responsible for these things when the family is ushered in, so I have a key to the hospital, and I will also carry one with me. Su Jingliang said, took out a bunch of keys from a bag he carried, and then pointed to one of them to show Xing Ruyi: "This is the key to the hospital, when I brought Siniang and the bell girl yesterday, I used this key to open the door." As for the keys to each room, they are hung in the wooden box outside the door, because the door is closed on weekdays, and there is no fear that someone will take the key from the door. ”

"This last one, could it be on the body of the eldest young master or the third young master?"

"Miss Ruyi is right, this last key is on my third brother Jingrui's body. He is in charge of the external affairs of the family, although he is away all the year round, but he always has to come back at the end of the year, and there will be some outsiders at that time. These outsiders are familiar with him, so he is also responsible for receiving them. ”

"The moon is dark and kills the night, and the wind is high and the sky is on fire. This kills people, and if you want to cover up the crime, most of them will choose when others are asleep, so as to ensure that their whereabouts are not detected by others, and have an extra layer of security. Suppose that this person is the nurse, and the nurse was killed in the middle of the night, so who can secretly bring her into the courtyard, and then calmly seal the person inside, and even the walls are painted without any difference from the one next to her? ”

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is very clear, this murderer must be someone who knows the inside of the Su family who has come to the hospital, and only the innermost people know when there are people in the hospital, when it is safest, and when it is renovated.

I've been thinking about it just now, this is not big or small, and if you want to bury the body, you can find any place to bury it, why didn't he choose to bury it in the corner, buried in the ground, buried under a tree, but chose to bury it in the wall.

Since it's going to be buried in the wall, why don't you choose another room, so you choose here? Was it chosen at random, or did you pick that one based on a feeling that was pleasing to the eye?

The answer, of course, is not!

Since it was a burial of the corpse, and it took so much effort, the murderer certainly hoped that the harder it would be for others to find out, the better. The murderer chose this room for the following reasons. First, the house here, because there is a tree in front of the house, is basically shaded in the summer. Although the murderer buried the body in the wall, he was still worried that some guests would smell the stench of the corpse when they checked in. We all know that when it's hot, the speed of the corpse will also increase, but judging from the corpse in front of you, the speed of the corpse is average, that is, the murderer has buried the corpse in the wall before it presents the giant view. ”

"Ruyi girl, can I interrupt you, what is the ** giant view you just said?"

"This ** giant view is a state after death. If there is no embalming treatment within 58 days after death, the corpse will change from **to height**, producing a large amount of **gas, filling the soft tissues of the whole body and making the whole corpse swell into a behemoth. At this time, the corpse's face will become extraordinarily swollen, the eyes will protrude, the lips will thicken and turn outward, the tip of the tongue will stick out, the abdomen will swell, and the skin will take on a strange stained green color.

The corpse in front of us, although there are also signs of **, but the situation is not so serious. In addition to this, there is another situation that can also help us to make judgments, and that is mortis.

Mortis, when the muscles begin to stiffen and hair stands on end 12 hours after death. Within a day and a half to two days after death, the zombie phenomenon begins to disappear, and the body becomes soft again, even like a lump of mud. If you look at the nails on this corpse, when the corpse is in a state of stiffness, it is not easy to carry or nail it. So, the person was either sealed into the wall immediately after death, or within a day or two after death.

Whether it is to seal the body immediately or to seal the body within a day or two after death, the person's actions must be kept secret enough, so that the murderer is either among the five people who take the key, or the person who can get the key without knowing it. After such calculations, will Second Brother Su feel that this murderer has become easier to find? ”

"So, I'm one of the suspects myself?"

Su Jingliang smiled bitterly: "The girl said just now that there is a reason why the murderer chose this room, but the reason is over?" ”

"Oh, I almost forgot, I just said the first point, and the second point. Ruyi remembered that Second Brother Su said that ordinary merchants in the Su family are not allowed to stay overnight, and only during the New Year's holidays will guests be left in the hospital. Although this room is closest to the lobby, it is not the one that those guests like, because the proximity to the lobby means that there will be noise, and the house will also recommend other rooms when making arrangements.

The murderer must have known this, so he chose this guest room, which is the closest to the lobby but least occupied, to bury the body. The reason why Second Brother Su chose this room for Siniang and Bell is also here, because this room is not often occupied, and most of the people who stayed in previous years were male guests, so this room is the most suitable for them to live. Therefore, Second Brother Su, your suspicion can be ruled out, because the real murderer will not arrange people to this room. ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)