Chapter 10: Homicide Part II
The two corpses had peaceful expressions and a smile on their lips, as if they didn't know they were going to be killed. The strange triangle on their chests made Meng Yuyun puzzled.
If it was just an ordinary vendetta, why did she leave such a mark, she didn't think that the murderer had nothing to do when he was full.
"If this case is said to be for money, then the owner of the rouge shop has a lot of money, but he is not passive at all. If it wasn't for money, there was a jade pendant on the body of this Ministry of Rites, which was priceless, but it was ripped away. ”
"Both of these men were killed without any sense of resistance, were they killed by drugs while they were asleep?" Meng Yuyun glanced up at Lu Shang.
She turned over the corpse with her bare hands, picked up the silver needle that she had placed here, and stabbed it into the corpse's stomach with her eyes intently, the silver needle did not turn black, which meant that she was not poisoned before she died.
The snow-white fingers rested on the three knives on the corpse's chest, Meng Yuyun looked at the three knives, and the shape was inexplicably strange.
"No way, we went to their house and checked, and there was no smell of drugs. And you said that they didn't resist, but there was a trace of the murderer's skin in the nails of this Ministry of Rites. Lu Shang looked at this little girl who was not afraid at all, and was a little frightened.
Meng Yuyun didn't know why, as soon as she saw the corpse, a series of unfamiliar words appeared in her mind, those words were not owned in this era, although it looked a little strange, but unexpectedly, she could understand them all.
She looked through the nails of the book as Lu Shang said, and there was indeed a trace of flesh in the nail cover of her right hand. Meng Yuyun came close and sniffed, and there was a hint of sweet floral fragrance on this person's hand.
"Did these two deceased have enemies during their lifetimes? It's like the owner of this rouge shop, who seduces other people's daughters-in-law everywhere, will inevitably be held by others, right? When Meng Yuyun said this, her expression was serious and focused.
"He seduced people from poor families, and those men didn't have the guts. And the Ministry of Rites, he has been an official in the court for decades, and he has done things smoothly on weekdays, and he has never offended anyone. ”
Meng Yuyun closed her eyes and meditated, she always felt that something very important had been forgotten by herself, but the more she tried to recall, the more she couldn't remember.
"Alright, you can't stay here for too long." Lu Shang was probably afraid that someone would come, so he grabbed Meng Yuyun, and his words were a little warning.
Meng Yuyun also knew that Lu Shangken was already merciful when he brought him, so he didn't force it anymore. She rubbed her hands vigorously with soap, and the force seemed to rub off a layer of skin alive.
Lu Shang smiled, he teased: "When you touched the corpse, weren't you quite calm and calm?"
Meng Yuyun has been out for a long time this time, and those rotten vegetable leaves have not been sent away. And Luo Niang doesn't know what the situation is, this woman who has lost a man has a short-tempered temper, and Meng Yuyun doesn't want to be a punching bag.
She asked Lu Shang to help her pick up those rotten vegetable leaves to the beggar village, and she honestly went back to the Qinglou, Luo Niang had finished crying, and continued to greet guests with red and swollen eyes.
Meng Yuyun took advantage of the fact that she had nothing to do for the time being, hid under the tree in the backyard, and used the branches to thickly draw the shape of three knives on the ground. The existence of this shape is not a coincidence, there must be some special meaning.
"Meng Anan! What are you doing here? Go buy me some fresh fruit and come back! ”
Luo Niang looked at the ground suspiciously, and when she saw nothing, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and her eyes when she looked at Meng Yuyun became a little strange.
Meng Yuyun had already gotten up and stepped on the picture with her foot the moment before Luo Niang walked over, she didn't want to cause more trouble.
"You girl, you are not good-looking, but you have a bright brain. This...... You can't be confused, right? Luo Niang sighed.
The corners of Meng Yuyun's mouth twitched, she tried hard to explain that she was not stupid, but Luo Niang's eyes always showed a strangeness when she looked at her.
There is a street in Chang'an, there is a river on the side of the street, the river is full of lotus flowers, it blooms all over the water in the middle of summer, there are often fishing boats in the slim lotus, and most of the young girls stand on the dock, singing ancient and long songs softly.
The arch bridge on the river is crooked, and the uncles and aunts who set up stalls on the bridge shout loudly. The uncle who sold peaches weighed her two pounds, and at the same time told her that Chang'an has not been peaceful recently, Meng Yuyun listened with a smile, and said a few words from time to time.
A woman stood at the other end of the arched bridge, silently taking Meng Yuyun's chatting and laughing appearance into her eyes, and her bright red lips hooked up a smile. Meng Yuyun, life is really big......
Lu Shang didn't have time to look for flowers these days, and she could see that although the flowers were smiling every day, those smiles did not reach the bottom of her eyes.
Finally, while Wanhua could rest for a while, Meng Yuyun saw that no one saw her, and quickly slipped into Wanhua's boudoir.
"I have some snacks on the table, you can eat it yourself!" Wanhua lowered her head, holding the embroidery shed in one hand, and shuttling back and forth with the embroidery needle in the other, and a glauvo flower was embroidered on the snow-white handkerchief.
Meng Yuyun pinched a piece of pastry and stuffed it into her mouth unceremoniously, she noticed that there were two snow-white handkerchiefs on the table, and finally swallowed the pastry in her mouth, before she asked, "I remember that your handkerchief is enough."
Hearing this, she hooked her lips and smiled. She glanced at the little girl a little angrily, lowered her head and embroidered flowers by herself.
"I gave this veil to someone. Guess who I gave it to! ”
Meng Yuyun sneered, this is a bright and sloppy question. She learned from the men who were molesting girls in the front yard, and touched the white and tender wrist of the flower with one hand, "Do you need to say this?" Give it to the little brother surnamed Lu! ”
"Phew!" Wanhua took a sip, and her face turned red, "You little girl, all of them have been badly learned!" ”
"I embroidered this veil for you." Wanhua paused, "Naturally, there is also a piece of him." ”
Meng Yuyun was a little surprised, "You embroider three pieces, so who has one more?" ”
"You think beautifully! The three of us, each with a handkerchief! Wanhua smiled and patted Meng Yuyun's head.
Three?
Something flashed in his mind, and Meng Yuyun grabbed the half-embroidered handkerchief violently, and his mind was clear. Is it possible that those three knives symbolize three people? The first two died, and the latter ......... And one more!
If you find that person, will you be able to solve all doubts? Meng Yuyun couldn't tell if she was excited or what in her heart, she just clutched the handkerchief tightly, her huge eyes turned into copper bells, and her cheeks trembled.
When she saw this posture, she was a little scared. She timidly pulled the corner of Meng Yuyun's clothes and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing, you keep embroidering!" Meng Yuyun suppressed the strangeness in her heart, laughed sincerely, she pushed the thing back into Wanhua's arms, and rushed out with her head down.
Running out in a hurry, she wanted to find Lu Shang and tell him that she had made a new discovery. But as soon as I walked halfway, I saw that the long street was blocked by a group of lively grandmothers.
"Oh, what's wrong with this Chang'an? Dead people and dead people, every day, I always bump into these bad things! ”
Meng Yuyun listened to what the aunt passing by said, her heart was suffocated, and her eyelids jumped twice. She...... Are you late?
The third deceased was the shopkeeper of the rice shop, and unlike the first two, he was moved into the jar where the rice was stored by the murderer, and the guys in the shop found him while selling rice.
He had three knives stuck in his chest, not surprisingly.
Lu Shang led a team of catchers in red official uniforms to understand the situation, and as soon as he came, the people around him who were watching the play dispersed in a hurry, and Meng Yuyun still stood in place.
Lu Shang was a little surprised when he saw her, but he only told her not to mess around, so he went to deal with things by himself, and pretended to do an autopsy on the spot, judging from the dried blood stains and the corpse spots growing on the skin, he had been dead for a day.
The old man looked a little old, his snow-white hair was very clean, the cloth of his clothes was fine silk, his skin was ruddy and shiny, and he looked like he was from a good family.
Meng Yuyun noticed carefully that Lu Shang seemed to admire that old man, which made her a little strange. In the eyes of the world, it is a third-rate industry that cannot be put on the table. Most of them are poor people from poor families and lowly status. And this pretence, not to mention that he is dressed very decently, but in that style of acting, he has a kind of virtuous style.
"Little girl, what are you staring at the old man?" The old man looked at Meng Yuyun with a smile.
Meng Yuyun's face turned red, and she quickly lowered her head.
"This girl's surname is Meng, and her name is Meng Anan!" While directing those people to transport the body back to the yamen, Lu Shang introduced Meng Yuyun's identity to the old man.
The old man nodded, wiped his hands with a cloth casually, and walked in the direction of Meng Yuyun. Every step he took was heavy, steady, and he was an old man with a lot of energy.
"The old man's surname is Zhang, and these little rabbit cubs all call me Zhang Tongzuo." Zhang Yanzuo's eyes had a gleam, and he slowly stretched out his hand full of wrinkles and age spots and put it under Meng Yuyun's gaze.
Meng Yuyun shook it without the slightest hesitation, which made Zhang Yanzuo a little surprised, he withdrew his hand and stared at Meng Yuyun thoughtfully, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a long time, he asked in a deep voice, "Do you know? I touched the body and didn't wash my hands. ”
Meng Yuyun nodded with a smile and responded softly: "I know."
"It's no coincidence that you're here, right?" Zhang Qizuo squinted his eyes and swept Meng Yuyun from beginning to end with a scrutinizing gaze, his gaze lingering for a moment on half of her ruined face.
Meng Yuyun was shocked in her heart, but she still smiled faintly on her face, "I know, the owner of this rice shop is the third!" ”