Lin Feng said as he looked at the deceased's hand.

Then he noticed that the tip of the deceased's left finger was black.

After thinking about it, Lin Feng grabbed the deceased's left hand and pulled it gently, and the hand that was not yet stiff left the dagger.

He carefully examined the fingertips of the deceased and said, "It seems to be ink." ”

"Ink?"

Xiao Man'er said: "Before the crime, he was writing? ”

Lin Feng thought for a moment and said, "The fingertips of the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger are all dyed black, it should be caused by these three fingers accidentally reaching into the inkstone." ”

"How could you reach into the inkstone...... Xiao Man'er's bright eyes flickered slightly: "Could it be that when the murderer wanted to kill him, he happened to be writing, so during the fight, his fingers accidentally reached into the inkstone?" ”

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and said, "It could also be caused by the storm just now...... Don't forget that the sudden storm shook the boat so badly that if he was standing at the table using pen and ink, it would have been possible for him to shake so suddenly that he could not stand on his feet and touch the inkstone with his fingers. ”

Xiao Man'er nodded and said, "There is indeed such a possibility. ”

Lin Feng put down his left hand, grabbed Wang Heng's right hand again, and pulled it to the side, while saying, "How it is, you can find out later when you go to the ship's boss's room to investigate......"

While speaking, Lin Feng carefully checked Wang Heng's right hand, and after making sure that there was nothing special about Wang Heng's right hand, he put down his right hand, and at the same time looked at the wound on Wang Heng's heart.

I saw that the deceased's heart was pierced with a dagger.

The blade of the dagger has completely submerged into the wound, leaving only the hilt part.

Some of the blood flowed slowly down the wound, but not much, only staining the clothes around the wound red.

Lin Feng thought about it for a while, and tore the clothes around the wound, so that he could see the specific situation of the wound that was covered by the clothes.

"There is only one wound...... The wound and the blade of the dagger fit tightly, and the blood flow is not much, it can be determined that the murderer only stabbed this knife, and never touched the dagger again, otherwise the blood would flow more, and the wound would not be so complete, and there must be a gap between the dagger and the dagger. ”

Xiao Man'er listened to Lin Feng's words, and her brain was spinning rapidly.

She is a smart and strong person, and she has experienced the case with Lin Feng, hoping to help Lin Feng.

After pondering for a moment, she suddenly said: "We deduced just now that the deceased had resisted before he died, so normally, in the process of his struggle to resist, the dagger should be affected to some extent, at least when he exerted force, the blood from the wound would definitely flow more...... But isn't it strange that the blood around this wound is so limited, and that the dagger has no signs of being shaken or even pulled out after being pierced? ”

"It's weird."

Lin Feng agreed with Xiao Man'er's question.

He looked at the deceased and said, "So it is not surprising that this dagger was either stabbed into it when the deceased lost the strength to resist, or it was simply stabbed into the deceased after he died." ”

"That is to say......"

Lin Feng said: "There are definitely other injuries on the deceased's body, even if they are not fatal injuries, they can definitely make him lose the power to resist." ”

When Xiao Man'er heard this, she hurriedly observed the deceased.

Their eyes first swept over the deceased's upper body and legs, there were no other blood stains on the clothes, no obvious injuries, and it was obvious that the problem was not here.

The two looked at the deceased's face again.

At this time, a special pattern on the forehead of the deceased came into view.

I saw that on Wang Heng's forehead, there were two horizontal and two vertical blood marks, which formed a character similar to "well".

However, because the blood marks were irregular, whether it represented a tic-tac-toe character, Lin Feng was not sure.

The reason why these boatmen firmly believed that Wang Heng was killed by the water ghost just now was because of these blood marks.

According to rumors, the deceased on the previous cargo ships had such a pattern on their foreheads when they were found.

This is a sign of a water ghost killing people.

So as soon as they saw this pattern, the boatmen turned pale with fright.

Xiao Man'er said: "Is the boat boss really killed by the water ghost?" ”

Lin Feng pondered for a moment, then frowned and shook his head: "I think there is a high probability that it was not the legendary water ghost." ”

Xiao Man'er looked at him.

Just listen to Lin Feng said: "The water ghosts have already attacked four cargo ships so far, according to the habits of the water ghosts, as long as they do it, they will definitely slaughter everyone." ”

"But in our ship, only the boss of the boat died, which is not in line with the habits of the water ghosts, and the murderers who commit this kind of serial murder will not easily change their habits."

"So, it's more like a parody of a crime, or a murderer creating the illusion of a water ghost killing people and trying to escape punishment."

Xiao Man'er thought for a while, and then said, "This is the reason why the murderer threw his body here?" ”

"According to the information we have heard, as well as the letter from Lai Guogong, we know that the cargo ships chosen by the water spirits, after they have killed people, will carry everyone to the mast, and then have them face up on their backs, so that the pattern on their heads can be seen at a glance."

Lin Feng said with a smile: "This possibility is very high, after all, where is it not good for the real murderer to throw the corpse, he has to throw the corpse here, and he also specially engraved a pattern on the door of the brain, and even made the illusion that the ghost was possessed and let the deceased commit suicide with a dagger...... Of course, the premise is that we have to find conclusive evidence that it is really not the water ghost's doing. ”

Everything just now is an inference, and no matter how likely the inference is, it still needs evidence and clues to support it.

Xiao Man'er followed Xiao Yu to listen to the case when she was a child, and naturally understood these truths.

Her gaze continued to move up from her forehead, and at this time, her eyes moved slightly, and she hurriedly said, "There is something wrong with his hair." ”

Hearing this, Lin Feng came directly to the top of the deceased's head, and then raised the deceased's head.

At this time, Lin Feng's eyes flashed slightly: "The most serious injury, or fatal injury, is here." ”

Xiao Man'er also followed.

I saw the back of the deceased's head, and the hair was stuck together because of the blood.

When I pulled my hair apart and pressed my fingers upward, I could clearly feel the bones in the back of my head shattering.

It's just that the wound is not particularly large, the amount of blood flowing out is not the kind of heavy bleeding, and there has been heavy rain here before, and the rain has washed away the blood flowing from the wound that is close to the ground, and after the rain stops, the blood that flows out of the follow-up is completely blocked by the hair of the deceased and the head that fell on the side, and if you don't raise your head and move the head, you can't see it at all.

Xiao Man'er said: "The back of the head was hit by a heavy object, causing the bones in the brain to shatter and the head to be severely injured...... The back of the head is one of the most vulnerable parts of our body, and depending on the injury to the back of the deceased's head, even if it is not dead, it is certainly seriously injured. ”

Lin Feng smiled while examining the wound on the back of the deceased's head: "You have said everything I said, I don't even know what to say." ”

When Xiao Man'er heard this, her eyes couldn't help but light up slightly, Lin Feng's words were undoubtedly her approval and recognition of herself.

She blinked and said, "You can fill in the details that I overlooked or lacked as you did just now." ”

Lin Feng smiled and said, "It's okay, then I'll talk about what you overlooked." ”

Xiao Man'er looked a little stunned: "Really?" ”

Facing Xiao Man'er's surprised gaze, Lin Feng said something that surprised Xiao Man'er: "The murderer should have been a temporary murder, a murder of passion, not a premeditated murder that had been planned for a long time. ”

"What?"

Xiao Man'er was stunned: "Why do you say that?" ”

Lin Feng said: "Look at the wound on the back of the deceased's head, there are some black ink stains here, and there are ...... on the deceased's hair."

Lin Feng opened his fingers, and his fingertips ran through Wang Heng's hair, and then he turned his hand to Xiao Man'er and said, "Look, I also have some black ink on my hands. ”

"The deceased's hair was stained with a large amount of ink, which could not have been accidentally stained, and the wound protected by the hair, the ink soaked into the flesh, all of which can only prove one thing......"

He looked at Xiao Man'er and said slowly: "The murder weapon is the inkstone!" ”

"And if the murderer had a premeditated murder, it was impossible to carry an inkstone to kill someone, not to mention that this inkstone had been polished with ink, and there was ink in it."

"Therefore, he could only suddenly move the killing machine, and there happened to be an inkstone in front of him, so he picked up the inkstone and smashed it directly at the deceased who was facing away from him......"

Speaking of this, Lin Feng's temperament changed suddenly, and those eyes gave Xiao Man'er the feeling as if she had broken through the fog and directly seen the truth after the fog, as if there were no secrets in this world, and she could hide from these eyes.

"That's right!"

Lin Feng said: "The deceased was absolutely facing away from the deceased at that time...... He made the murderer very angry because of something or something, but the deceased would still turn his back to the murderer in this situation, which is enough to show that he trusts the murderer very much! ”

"The murderer is the person whom the deceased trusts immensely!"

Xiao Man'er looked at the high-spirited Lin Feng, and couldn't help but say, "The people in this boat should all be people he trusts, right?" ”

"No!"

Lin Feng looked at Xiao Man'er and said, "The shipwright and Wang Heng are essentially an employment relationship!" He gives money, and the boatmen work, and the bond of this relationship is money and profit. ”

At the same time, Wang Heng hoped that the boatmen would work as much as he could, and that he would be paid as little as possible, so that he could make more money...... Boatmen, on the other hand, want to do as little as they can and earn as much as possible, so their relationship is essentially antagonistic. ”

"In this case, when the other party is extremely angry, how can the boat boss give his back to the other party?"

Xiao Man'er was very smart, and instantly understood the meaning of Lin Feng's words.

Her eyes couldn't help but widen slightly, and her gaze turned to the figure in front of the boatman opposite, and she couldn't help but say, "So...... Do you doubt Wang Huan? ”

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes: "At least he is the most suspicious." ”

"Before the rainstorm, the deck was full of working boatmen, and if Wang Heng's body was here, they would definitely not find it."

"In other words, Wang Heng was thrown here by the murderer during the rainstorm."

"And within a quarter of an hour of the rainstorm, most of the shipwrights stayed in the cabin with us, and only the ship's boss Wang Heng and Wang Huan, who was in charge of the night last night, rested in the room."

"So the murderer can only be one of the three Wang Huan."

Lin Feng said as he looked at Wang Huan and the three of the boatmen, and said, "Among these three, the most trusted one is undoubtedly Wang Huan. ”

Xiao Man'er frowned slightly, it was obvious that she was very well protected by her family, and she valued family affection very much, and she was not too willing to believe that it would be Wang Heng's own nephew, the person who was killed by Wang Heng as the successor of his own son.

But Lin Feng's words made her unable to refute.

She took a deep breath, reason overshadowed emotion, and said, "But now we have no evidence, everything is inference." ”

Lin Feng nodded and said, "So we're looking for clues." ”

Saying that, he got up directly and said to Xiao Man'er: "Man'er, you go and ask Wang Huan and the three of them what they are doing during the rainstorm." ”

Xiao Man'er understood what Lin Feng meant, nodded to Lin Feng, and went to ask.

Lin Feng, on the other hand, remained in place, continuing to perform the autopsy to make sure that he was not negligent, while thinking about the case of the water ghost murder.

Every time the water ghost kills a person, he has to carry the person to the mast...... Why do you have to lift it to the mast?

Is there any purpose in doing so?

Also, what is the special meaning of the pattern carved by the water ghost on the forehead of the deceased?

If all this was really done by the Four Elephants, why did they kill the people on those four cargo ships?

Moreover, the other missing people before, as well as the ghosts after death, have not appeared to commit crimes as frequently as this time.

If it's really the Four Elephants organization, why is this time so different from usual?

If it weren't for the Four Elephants Organization, then I would have wasted these few days in vain...... Therefore, it is still necessary to seize all the time and find out everything as soon as possible, at least to determine whether it is related to the Four Elephants Organization.

"You can't delay too long on this ship, fortunately, the murderer is a crime of passion, and if he is unprepared, there will be flaws, and it shouldn't be difficult to crack......

"Another ......"

Lin Feng's fingertips gently rubbed the jade pendant that Xiao Man'er gave him, his eyes flashed slightly: "Maybe you can take advantage of this case......

While thinking about it, Xiao Man'er walked back.

Lin Feng looked at her, Xiao Man'er shook her head, and said, "Among the three Wang Huan, only Wang Huan has a separate room, and the other two live in Tongpu, but they live in two Tongpu rooms, so the three of them are in different rooms. ”

"And when it rained rain, they all said they were sleeping, and then the boat shook them awake, and they held on to the pillar to hold on to their bodies, so that they would not fall, until the boat stopped shaking, and then they got dressed and came out, and as soon as they came out, they found that the captain of the boat was dead."

Lin Feng smiled: "The answer is really unanimous. ”

Xiao Man'er said: "I asked separately and separately, and they didn't hear each other's confessions. ”

Lin Feng nodded, but he was not surprised: "When they encounter heavy rains and the boat shakes violently, they should often encounter it, so they are too experienced to say it casually......"

Xiao Man'er nodded approvingly: "It seems that the confession is useless, and there is no alibi." ”

Lin Feng was not depressed, he said, "Let's go, go to the boat boss's room and have a look." ”

As they spoke, they entered the staircase next to the cabin.

The staircase leads through the cabin, and further down, there are two more floors, the upper floor is half of the cargo storage area, the other half is the boatman's rest room, and the bottom floor is completely the cargo storage area.

It's a pity that when it rains, the boatmen enter the cabin and close the door to prevent anyone from being thrown out because of the violent shaking of the boat, otherwise they can find out when the real murderer throws his body past the door of the cabin.

As the captain of the ship, Wang Heng has his own separate room.

However, this room, because of the violent shaking of the cargo ship just now, made it very messy inside.

Some books were scattered on the ground.

Teacups and teapots are also lying on the ground.

The stool overturned, and the table was straight across the middle of the room.

You can also see some brushes and paper on the ground.

This messy appearance is no different from the crossing of the border by robbers.

"The inkstone is there."

At this time, Xiao Man'er suddenly pointed to the ground at the foot of the table.

Lin Feng looked and saw that at the foot of the right front of the table, there was a gray rough stone inkstone lying there.

He walked over quickly, crouched down and picked up the inkstone.

But as soon as he picked up the inkstone, his brows couldn't help frowning.

Xiao Man'er hurriedly said, "How is it?" ”

Lin Feng shook his head and said, "The murderer is very cautious...... This is not the inkstone on which he committed murder. ”

"Isn't it?"

Xiao Man'er frowned slightly.

Lin Feng said: "The inside of this inkstone is very clean, and there are no undried water or ink stains...... It hasn't been long since the rainstorm stopped, even if the real culprit has cleaned the inkstone, the water stains will not be completely dry, not to mention that the entire inkstone does not have any blood residue, it can be seen from the wounds of the deceased that the inkstone that hit him must also be stained with blood, and this inkstone is made of a stone, the surface is rough, and it is difficult to completely remove the blood once it is stained. ”

Xiao Man'er nodded and said, "In this way, this is indeed not an inkstone for murder. ”

"What about the inkstone that committed the murder? The contents of this room are clear at a glance, and there are indeed no other inkstones...... Isn't the murderer Wang Heng who killed here? ”

Lin Feng still shook his head: "It's here to commit murder." ”

He stretched out his finger and pointed to the ground in front of him, and said, "You see there are a lot of ink spots on the ground, and these ink spots are radial, obviously caused by the ink that has been thrown out. ”

"And here......"

Lin Feng came to an ink, squatted down, wiped his fingers on it, and then raised his hand, looked at the black fingers, and said, "The place where the ink is big has not even dried yet, and there is a touch of reddish on it, which is obviously bloodstained." ”

Xiao Man'er also learned from Lin Feng to stretch out her white fingers, wipe the ink, and then put the blackened fingertips in front of her eyes, she first looked at it carefully, her fingertips twisted lightly despite the darkness of the ink, and then brought it to the tip of her nose and sniffed.

"It should be Huimo." She said.

"Huimo?"

Lin Feng raised his eyebrows.

Xiao Man'er introduced to Lin Feng: "Hui ink has the characteristics of 'rich fragrance, rich and greasy, dark and moist color', and this Hui ink should be the most expensive of them. ”

Lin Feng had heard of Huimo's fame in his previous life, but he remembered that Huimo became popular after the Tang Anshi Rebellion, and he didn't expect Xiao Man'er to know Huimo now.

It seems that Xiao Man'er should have studied these things in normal times.

He thought for a moment and asked, "How expensive?" ”

Xiao Man'er said: "Now most of the literati use northern ink, Hui ink is only used in a small circle, the number is not much, naturally precious, not to mention that this ink is also added to the very valuable musk, gold flakes, bead powder, it is rare and expensive, at least I can use Hui ink is borrowed from my father's light - it was specially given by one of my father's students on his father's birthday." ”

"So it's really surprising to me that Wang Heng, such a ship boss, would use such an expensive emblem ink."

When Lin Feng heard this, he looked directly at the pile of books and papers, and said, "No matter how Wang Heng got the Hui ink, such a valuable thing, he will definitely not use it easily, so he specially used this kind of Hui ink today, I'm afraid it's to write something important." ”

As he spoke, Lin Feng came to the paper all over the floor to rummage through the papers.

Seeing this, Xiao Man'er also rushed over to help.

The two flipped for a while, and Xiao Man'er suddenly said, "Look at ......"

Lin Feng saw Xiao Man'er holding a piece of paper, he took the paper, and saw that there were a few lines of words on the paper, and behind the last word, there was a trace of ink staining, very similar to the brush thrown on it, and it was blurred.

Looking at the content of the paper, Lin Feng and Xiao Man'er glanced at each other.

Both of them have some complicated looks.

Xiao Man'er said: "It seems ......"

Lin Feng nodded: "I see." ”

Lin Feng put away the paper and was just about to get up, when he suddenly saw a blue-skinned bookbook in the pile of books.

The book reads "Freight Log".

He picked up the book and flipped through it a few times, and saw that it was written in detail on which days the cargo ship was, what goods it transported, where it started and ended, how many days it had traveled, and so on.

Lin Feng quickly flipped over and saw that this was a very ordinary ledger-like log, nothing special, so he had to put it down casually.

But at this moment, there was a sudden movement in his hand, and he quickly turned the page back.

After turning two pages, Lin Feng stopped.

He quickly looked at the contents of the page, and the pupils of his eyes shrank suddenly.

"This water ghost...... Could it really be related to the Four Elephants Organization!? ”

"I didn't come to the wrong !!"

Xiao Man'er saw that Lin Feng's expression was strange, and couldn't help but say, "What's wrong?" ”

Lin Feng took a deep breath and closed the logbook, he carefully put the freight log into his arms and put it away, then got up and shook his head: "I found something interesting, but I can't confirm the authenticity yet, and I need to confirm it further......"

"Let's not talk about it, it has nothing to do with this case."

He looked at Xiao Man'er and said, "Man'er, you have studied Huimo so well, if Huimo is dry, or if it gets on other things, can you tell the difference?" ”

Xiao Man'er smiled: "It depends on how long it is, if it's a long time, I definitely can't tell it, but if it's recent, I can try it......"

"The ink is colorful, and there are shades, dry, wet, and scorched. Different inks have a lot of differences, and the pine smoke generally used in Hui ink is different from other inks, not to mention that the most expensive Hui ink also adds gold sheet musk and other auxiliary materials, which is still very different from ordinary ink...... If it's freshly ground, I can easily tell it, but when it's done, I haven't tried to distinguish it, and I'm not sure if I can really tell it. ”

"That's fine, that's enough."

Listening to Xiao Man'er's words, Lin Feng nodded directly, looked at her with a smile in his eyes, and said, "Man'er, it seems that you are destined to do me a great favor today, and the responsibility of making the real murderer bow down and confess his guilt will be handed over to you." ”

"Me?" Xiao Man'er was stunned.

Lin Feng smiled: "I have already thought of a way to make him confess." ”

Kawen, when writing the case after the card passed, he accidentally wrote it too complicated, because this case is a transitional small case, and too complicated will lead to too long a length and affect the rhythm of the real big case later, so it was deleted and rewritten, and the result was at this time.

(End of chapter)