I'm Liu Bei.

At around 9:00 a.m., in front of the ruins of Jiang Dashun's house, rubble was everywhere, beams and trees were upside down, and a fire burned the remnants to pitch black, and the surrounding air was filled with the pungent smell of tung oil, mixed with the smell of scorching fire.

Jiang Dashun's family of four, his mother, Jiang Dashun and his wife, and a seven or eight-year-old boy all suffered tragically, and their bodies fell to the door.

He approached me and reported: "My lord, all five of them were killed with a single knife, and the wounds were all in the chest. ”

Looking at the corpse that had been carried away, I asked with emotion, "Is there anything special?" ”

"Nope."

"What is the time of death?"

"It's close to Daybre, it's around 19:00."

Is it a coincidence that the time is so close? I asked, "Can you tell from the wound what kind of weapon you were wounded?" ”

He apologized: "I am incompetent, so I can only conclude that it is a knife weapon." ”

"It's hard work, let's go down."

Guan Yu on the side said: "The wounds of the five corpses are flat and of the same depth, and they are definitely from the knife of a master." ”

"Can you do such a wound?"

Guan Yu shook his head: "It's not difficult to smooth the wound, but the difficulty is that the depth is consistent." Every time the knife is released, it is necessary not only to maintain a balanced speed, but also to ensure that the force remains the same, and the direction of the knife edge cannot be changed in the slightest, which shows that the murderer is a very sorcerer. Martial arts are definitely above me. ”

I sighed, "How can such a master do it to ordinary people? See, this case is definitely not as simple as it seems. That's the catch. It's a pity that the murderer kicked it first, otherwise we would know more. ”

After returning to the Yamen, I was alone in the back garden thinking about the case.

Before lunch, Guan Zhang and Huang walked in.

Zhang Fei said: "Now there are two murders waiting for us to solve, big brother, are you still in the mood to paint here?" ”

Hearing Zhang Fei's voice, I immediately scrambled the analysis of the case written on the ground. In this era, there were no pencils and paper suitable for writing, so you had to write on the ground. This is much faster than writing on bamboo slips with a brush.

I got up and said, "What did you find?" ”

Guan Yu said excitedly: "The servants fished the bottom of the river, but they didn't find anything except a few fish. ”

Huang Chao said: "Lord Liu, we have also checked, Jiang Dashun's family lived in a temporary grass shed on the night of the crime, and no relatives have been there. Because it was night, the neighbors were asleep at the time of the crime, so no one saw what happened. ”

"According to me, it must have been done by the housekeeper of the Bird Zhongshan Mansion, and it was a murder and a killing." Zhang Fei shouted.

Huang Chao analyzed: "There is no need for the housekeeper of Zhongshan Mansion to kill people, Jiang Dashun has withdrawn the lawsuit." And he would be safe. Besides, demolishing a house is not a murder, there is no need to kill people and make the city stormy. ”

Zhang Fei yelled dissatisfiedly: "How is it impossible." If that person can demolish someone's house for no reason, can't he kill people for no reason? He and Jiang Dashun had a dispute over demolishing the house, and in order to avoid trouble in the future, it was normal to kill people and kill people. ”

Seeing that Zhang Fei was angry, Huang Gai changed the topic and said, "What does Lord Liu think?" ”

"My third brother and I have the same thoughts, and there are no more suspects except for the butler. In this case, the two of you will go and ask the subordinates who are monitoring the Zhongshan Mansion to see if the housekeeper left the mansion last night, and in addition to checking whether he is likely to buy a murderer. ”

"Yes, let's go." Huang Chao replied and left with Huang Gai.

Guan Yu approached and whispered, "Big brother is deliberately supporting them?" ”

"Yes. For both of them, we always have to be on the lookout for something. ”

Zhang Fei's black face was full of doubts: "Beware of what the two of them are doing?" Now it's not about looking for the Divine Decree. Besides, these two cases have nothing to do with them. ”

I said, "It's not necessarily okay, and it's not two cases, it's the same case." ”

Zhang Fei was very surprised, Guan Yu seemed to have guessed it a long time ago. He said: "I agree with my eldest brother's idea, and when I received the news in the morning, I suspected that there was an inextricable connection. ”

Zhang Fei said: "If the two cases are merged into one, I can't figure it out." Why did one die in the moat and was disguised as a suicide by the murderer, and the other died at the door of the house, but did not hide it as a suicide, a discerning person knew at a glance that it was he who killed him. If it was the same murderer, what was the murderer's purpose in doing so? ”

I smiled and said, "The third brother has become clever. This question will be put aside for now, and it is better to try to deduce the facts of the case now. First of all, is it doubtful that the only connection between Daibrey and Jiang Dashun is the house demolition case? ”

"Nope." Guan Zhang said in unison.

"The second is that Debrey was killed by him, is there any doubt?"

Zhang Fei said: "I also understand this. Although Dai Bray was drowned, there were tender aquatic plants in his mouth, and the second brother sent people to dig through the moat, but no aquatic plants were found, indicating that Dai Bray was removed after death. So it's not suicide, it's homicide. ”

"Then again, why didn't the death of Jiang Dashun's family turn out to be suicide or accidental death?"

Guan Yu said lightly: "It is impossible to commit suicide." ”

"And what about the surprise? Don't forget, Jiang Dashun's demolished house was set on fire by the murderers, and the shed where he lived temporarily was also burned down. Wouldn't it be better if Jiang Dashun's family was knocked unconscious, and then thrown into the fire, causing an accidental fire and dying? ”

Guan Zhang did not answer, and fell into deep thought.

I glanced up at Chaoyang and continued, "Okay, I'll ask another question. Jiang Dashun's house has already been demolished, why do you want to set another fire? Don't you think this fire is a bit redundant? ”

Zhang Fei's big eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "It may be that the murderer has a deep hatred with Jiang Dashun, and that fire is done to vent his anger!" ”

"Third brother, you have overlooked one point. Jiang Dashun's family was killed with a single knife, and the wounds of the five corpses were flat and of the same depth, and the second brother was sure that these wounds came from the knife of a master. Honest Ba Jiao, who didn't even dare to report to the official if his house was demolished by mistake, how could he have a deep grudge against such a martial arts master? ”

Zhang Fei said again: "It may be that the culprit bought the murder." ”

I stressed: "Whether it's a murder or not, I'm still on the same page: the fire is too much. The demolished house is full of rubble, it is very difficult to light a fire, and there is a smell of tung oil at the scene. ”

Guan Yu said: "Big brother means ......"

I nodded, "Not bad." The murderer's purpose is not to kill, or to set fire! Killing people is just to divert the attention of our government. ”

Zhang Fei asked in a daze: "The murderer spent so much effort to burn down the ruins of the house, this doesn't make sense." ”

Guan Yu said: "The third brother's question is also right. ”

I said, "Usually people start fires for two reasons. The first uses fire to do other things, such as cooking, heating. ”

Zhang Fei asked anxiously: "The other is?" ”

"The greatest function of fire: to burn everything."

Guan Yu said: "Big brother said that the murderer put that fire to burn something. ”

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "In this way, I suspect that the housekeeper demolished the wrong house just under the guise of looking for that object, but of course he didn't find it." In this case, the butler is the culprit. ”

I said, "I don't think the butler is the murderer. He demolished Jiang Dashun's house with such fanfare yesterday, and now that Jiang Dashun's family has been killed, he is the number one suspect, how can he be stupid to kill someone? ”

Guan Yu said: "In this way, the murderer should be someone else." ”

I said, "Okay, back to the question of the first third brother: why did one die in the moat and the murderer disguised himself as a suicide, and the other died at the door of the house, but did not disguise it as a suicide, what is the purpose of the murderer doing this?" ”

Guan Yu said: "It should make us think that Debrey committed suicide, terminate the investigation of Debrey's case, and let the real culprit get away with it." ”

"This is one, and arguably secondary. Let me ask another question: If Dai Bray was killed by him, what was your first thought after you learned that Jiang Dashun's family was killed? ”

Zhang Fei said: "I will think that the two cases were committed by the same murderer." ”

“Good！ The reason for the murderer's disguise is to prevent us from linking the death of Debrey with the death of Jiang Dashun's family. So that Jiang Dashun's death is directed at the housekeeper of Zhongshan Mansion, inducing us to investigate the housekeeper, so as to ignore the real murderer. ”

Zhang Fei said again: "Why did the murderer kill Daibre? ”

Guan Yu said: "After listening to the analysis of the eldest brother, I already understand. Last night, Dai Bray bumped into the murderer who killed Jiang Dashun's family, and at the same time, the murderer also found Dai Bray, so he killed people. ”

Zhang Fei thought for a while, and praised excitedly: "So that's the case!" Such rigorous layer-by-layer reasoning can only be done by the eldest brother and the second brother. Now how can we solve this serial murder case? ”

I said: "Since the two cases have been merged into one case, as long as Dai Bray's case is solved, Jiang Dashun's case will be revealed." Now we have one of the two biggest mysteries. First, what was there in Jiang Dashun's house, which provoked the housekeeper and murderer of Zhongshan Mansion and caused the murder; The second is whether the object was taken by the murderer, burned or missing. ”

"At present, there are two directions for the investigation of this case. One is in the direction of Jiang Dashun, and the other is in the direction of Daibre. Jiang Dashun's direction is undoubtedly pointing to the housekeeper of Zhongshan Mansion, this is the murderer's trap, let's ignore it first, and just let us get rid of the surveillance of the Huang Gai brothers and let them investigate. Then we went straight in the direction of Debrey's death and hunted down the murderer. ”

Guan Yu said: "There must be water around the scene where Dai Bui was killed, and there are aquatic plants that grow tender in early spring. This kind of place must be in the city. ”

I said, "As long as you find the place where the tender aquatic grass grows, you can find the first scene of the murder of Debrey." Another point is that Daibray was found in the moat, how did he get out of the city? There is no doubt that the murderer still brought the body down from the city wall. If we can find the location where the murderer dumped his body, then there may be a gain. ”

Guan Yu hurriedly said: "The latter is relatively simple, I'll go find the place where the body is dumped." ”

I smiled and said, "Second brother, in fact, the former is simple. But now that you've made your choice, it's time for you to run more. My third brother and I went to the scene of the first crime. ”

Zhang Fei said: "Big brother, don't lie to me. No one knows that aquatic weed, how to find it? ”

I said proudly: "This kind of tender aquatic grass is by no means something that ordinary people can have. I think there is one place where people must know this tender aquatic weed. ”

Guan Zhang asked in unison, "What place?" ”

"Tang Society!"