Raft
What does this have to do with rafts? Ji Yunshu said again: "The murderer had already made an appointment to meet Du Mubai in the pavilion that day, and he also prepared a raft in advance to row from here to the opposite side, so even the beggars at the entrance of the alley didn't know that he had come in. After the two met. , the murderer made Du Mubai drink water or tea with ecstasy, and stunned him. By the time Du Mubai reacted, it was too late. He probably... wanted to leave, but he fainted after only a few steps. He went over and hit his back against the bronze bell in the pavilion! Then, the murderer carried him to the raft and transported him here from the opposite side! Then he carried the unconscious Du Mubai all the way.
He hid in the dilapidated house just now, and then changed clothes with him. "
The old official asked suspiciously: "Since you have changed your clothes, why not change your shoes?"
Li Cheng: "Could it be that the murderer forgot."
Ji Yunshu denied: "Of course not!" He continued to explain, "I said, the murderer is a very smart person! The reason why he didn't change his shoes was because he was afraid of getting Du Mubai's shoes dirty!"
"Ah?" She pointed to the ground in the woods: "Look here, because it has snowed, the snow and the mud are mixed together, and the mud is unbearable. On the way from here to that house, the soles of your shoes must be covered with mud. , if the murderer puts on Du Mubai's shoes and walks this way, he will be checked at that time.
There will definitely be doubts, and it may even be possible to find out the methods and traces of his murder, so in order to avoid these, the murderer can only put on his own shoes, and then return to the pavilion on the raft, disguised as Du Mu. Bai looked like he left from the alley. "
However-
Li Cheng was still puzzled, his brows furrowed: "But if that's the case, shouldn't the raft be at the pavilion, why did it get under this big tree in the woods here?"
"Because the killer tied a long rope to the raft!"
"The rope?" "The one end is connected to the raft, and the other end is connected to this big tree in the forest. After the murderer disguised as Du Mubai left the alley, he immediately went to the old house just now, and then went around. When we got to the place where we are standing now, by pulling the rope, the raft on the opposite side was pulled over, and everything went.
,quietly! "
"how do you know?"
Ji Yunshu took out a handkerchief from his waist, put it on his hand, walked to the rotting raft, reached out and grabbed it, and grabbed a tattered rope.
The rope was thick and long, but after many years, the rope was obviously softened and rotten.
Li Chengcai suddenly understood and exclaimed: "So it is."
Ji Yunshu smiled and put the rope down: "So that's why Du Mubai stayed inside for two hours! Because the murder process really took a long time."
"Didn't you say that the murderer changed his shoes twice?"
"That's right! The second time the murderer changed his shoes was when he transported Du Mubai out of the house, but... I still don't know how he transported Du Mubai into the Wenshe? But it is certain that the murderer disguised himself as Du Mubai again. Mu Bai entered the Wenshe."
Li Cheng interrupted her again: "No, you said that the murderer disguised as Du Mubai and entered the Wenshe? But the Wenshe has children guarding the door every night. Mu Bai is only five feet three, and the difference is so far away that it is impossible for a child to not see it."
"I did ask the boy in Wenshe. He said the same thing as the beggar, and said that the murderer's height is the same as Du Mubai, five feet two or three inches!"
"Doesn't that match up?"
"Since the murderer is a smart person, he is naturally well prepared."
"Huh?" "In order not to be discovered that he killed people, the murderer will definitely try his best to cover himself up, and there are two ways to do this! One is to confuse the public with the height of the hanging rope, so that we all think the murderer He is five feet seven inches tall! And the second point, of course, is the beggar at the door! Once someone finds that the sling is wrong, they will go to check the whereabouts of Du Mubai, and naturally they will find the beggar, but he passed In the pavilion where the raft went, the beggar must have insisted that no one but Du Mubai had ever entered. There were beggars who testified for him, and there were other hanging ropes to confuse the public.
, the murderer's plan can be said to be flawless. And he is also very lucky. Six years ago, his preparations were useless! But he also overlooked two points. One, the shoes he was wearing were wrong. Another point is that he is not crippled. Du Mubai sprained his foot a few days before his death, making it inconvenient to walk, limping, and walking.
extremely slow! The murderer is a person who walks very fast! It was these two points that completely revealed his seamless plan that day. "
I really don't know whether to call the officials who handled the case stupid, or to call Ji Yunshu smart.
These two most critical points are just ignored!
Ji Yunshu was also a little annoyed.
And when she said so, Li Cheng finally understood.
only-
"Then... Who is the murderer? Also, how did the murderer transport Du Mubai into the Wenshe?"
Ji Yunshu shook his head.
She has no clue yet!
The old official gave him a sideways look: "So Young Master Ji, you said so much, but in the end you still don't know who the murderer is."
Officials, of course, only care about the results, and the process can be ignored.
So for the old official, the murderer's process that Ji Yunshu mentioned just now was of no use at all.
This is exactly what makes Ji Yunshu different from these ordinary people.
She responded to the old official's words: "Sir, I only said that I knew how the murderer committed the murder, but I never said who the murderer was."
"But..." "So what my lord means is that you don't even want to understand the process when handling the case? You only care about the result? But if you don't even know the process of the murder, how can you find the murderer? It seems that I finally understand why Du Mubai is here. The case will drag on for six years." Her tone was full of sarcasm.
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"..." The old man's face turned red.
For a while I didn't know what to say.
Li Cheng quickly smoothed things out: "Then Master Ji, according to your opinion, what should we do now?"
Ji Yunshu pondered.
Jing Rong's sharp eyes narrowed, and he said, "The murderer has to prepare a raft and find such a long and thick rope. It shouldn't be possible to do it by himself, right? So, if you can find out which shop was there back then I have sold this kind of rope, maybe I can find something!"
remind.
"Okay, I'll send someone to investigate later." Li Cheng quickly ordered the guards he brought, "Then quickly pull out the rope and go from house to house to ask."
"Yes!" The guard complied.
It's not a big clue, but it's better than nothing.
At this time, it was almost dark. Li Cheng and the others returned to the pavilion on the raft.