Waiting for the Liu family to come, Bo Ruoyou continued to check for clues.
She looked inside and outside the house, and the doors and windows were indeed locked from the inside. Although there was a fist-sized movable hole in the rear window of the study room, the cups and bowls could be passed in and out, but people could not get in, and the hole was far away from the bolt inside the window. , There is also no possibility that the murderer murdered someone and used the mechanism to close the window from the inside.
Bo Ruoyou went back to the bedroom and carefully checked the bed curtain. She searched the whole room but found no bloody weapon, but found a strange bloodstain on the bed curtain.
She waved her hand, "Catch the head and see, does this bloodstain look like it was bumped into?"
The bed curtain was indigo blue, and the ground wet with blood was dark in color, and it was a circle with no finger marks or palm prints. Bo Ruoyou compared his fist to the forehead of the deceased, "From here forward, it can just hit the bedpost. superior."
Wu Xiang came over to check, although there was no blood on the bedpost, but the thick bed curtain could indeed block the blood, Bo Ruoyou stood in front of him and gestured, "The deceased is about the same size as me, if you stand here and bump up , it can indeed hurt the forehead."
She looked at the tiny bloodstains on the bed again, Wu Xiang frowned, "So the deceased really committed suicide? She went crazy, then bumped herself up, bleeding, and then lay on the bed in a daze. Died of excessive blood loss?"
Bo Ruoyou didn't speak immediately, she checked the side of the bed for a while, and then went to look at the skirt of the deceased, "there was a lot of blood on the skirt of the deceased, from the neckline to the chest on the right side, and the back of the shoulder were all bloody, the blood on the back of the shoulder may be It flowed down after lying down, but the blood on the chest can only be stained when standing or sitting, that is to say, the deceased did not lie down immediately after being injured."
Wu Xiang looked around the room, "When this room came here, it was still neat, and there was no sign of a fight. If she was murdered by someone, and the room was tightly sealed, it would make no sense, but she has been imprisoned here for half a year. Did he commit suicide suddenly because he couldn't bear it, or did he commit suicide when he was unconscious?"
Wu Xiang rubbed his chin, "I always feel that something is weird."
Bo Ruoyou's eyes wandered around the house. If it were an ordinary person, it would be very unlikely to succeed by using the method of hitting a pillar. Because pain and death are frightening, it is inevitable to hold back when exerting force, but the teacher said that most of the deceased were insane At that time, she felt that the possibility of suicide did exist, but the wound on the forehead was eaten by maggots, and it was difficult to distinguish the strength of the injury. Only the skull autopsy would reveal the details. However, after waiting for a long time, the Liu family has not yet appeared.
The nun reported to the officer that Wu Xiang rushed here, and returned to the capital to look for her after the inspection. This trip took a lot of time, but they all arrived, but the Liu family hadn't arrived yet. Slanting, a dark cloud appeared between Bo Ruoyou's eyebrows.
Wu Xiang also went out and entered again, and said angrily: "This teacher doesn't know if she really doesn't know or is deliberately concealing it. It was extremely difficult to ask her identity just now, but now she only knows how to read scriptures, and she also said that the doors and windows of the house are locked. This girl committed suicide. .”
"Could it be that you are afraid, so you dare not say it?"
Wu Xiang sneered, "It should be. These nunneries rely on the support of the nobles for a living. They say it is for self-cultivation, but they have also become the private property of the powerful. If it wasn't for the fact that someone was killed this time, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to let outsiders know about it. There's a woman locked up here."
Bo Ruoyou was helpless, "She has been locked up for a few days, so she should be able to tell?"
"It is said that I stopped opening the door to lose my temper nine days ago, but at first I could still hear conversations, and I didn't eat much at first when the food was put, but I could see that there were one or two steamed buns missing on the table by the back window, so everyone went I don't care about it, and recently the nunnery has to prepare for a ceremony, which is a profitable business, so no one cares about her."
Bo Ruoyou thought of two younger nuns when she entered the door, "The teacher is too reluctant to tell, where are the two nuns?"
Wu Xiang shook her head, "It's also tight-lipped."
Bo Ruoyou had a headache, and then her eyes fell on the dead body, and she remembered those old scars, the scars were of different sizes, and they were distributed in hidden places such as the buttocks, thighs, vests, etc. Although it wasn't fatal, it looked like she was abused. Thinking that she was the young lady of the Liu family, Bo Ruoyou felt even more weird.
Seeing her looking at the body of the deceased again, Wu Xiang remembered that she was hesitant to speak just now, and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with Miss Liu's family?"
Bo Ruoyou pondered for a while, "She gave birth to a child."
"There are scars and birth injuries on the lower abdomen, but they have recovered. It is said that she was sent here half a year ago, so she gave birth at least half a year ago. Unfortunately, the lower abdomen is severely rotted, and it is impossible to determine when the birth injuries were left. of."
Wu Xiang couldn't help but widen her eyes, "She is a young lady of the Liu family, and she is not married. Could it be... that is why she was sent here? But if she had given birth to a child, where is that child?"
Bo Ruoyou shook her head, "We'll have to wait for the Liu family to find out."
Wu Xiang frowned and looked out, the sky was covered with dye-like clouds, like fire, the sun fell into the clouds, and it was about to fall below the horizon, it was getting late, but the Liu family hadn't appeared yet .
"Not only that, but there are many small scars on her body, which seem to be left after being abused. If she is Miss Liu's family, how can she be abused?"
Wu Xiang hissed lightly, "After the Liu family lost its title, the juniors in the family did not live up to it. Now only the head of the family has a job in the court, and the others have turned to merchants to do business. This Miss Seven doesn't know Who is the daughter of the grandfather, but if you say abuse, it is really strange."
Bo Ruoyou sighed, got up and walked towards the main hall, among the three upper rooms, only the main hall was empty, except for a set of tables and chairs and two empty high cabinets, Bo Ruoyou looked around, eyes fell on the latch.
"Did the latch break when the head catcher came?"
Wu Xiang nodded, "Yes, the door latch is broken, and the upper handle is also loose, it was indeed knocked open with great force."
Bo Ruoyou was a little bit embarrassed, and still felt that an autopsy would be required to determine whether it was suicide, but the corpse's head, face, shoulders, and back were seriously corrupted, and no other clues were found in the hands, feet, or limbs, which made her feel a little suffocated.
With a sullen face, Bo Ruoyou took the broken door bolt in his hand and looked at it. The door bolt has been used for many years, the surface is gray and black, and the breaks are uneven. It was indeed broken. Finding something wrong, at this moment, she closed the opened door again, Wu Xiang watched from the side and said: "I have tried it, it is indeed for this door, it fits very well."
Bo Ruoyou closed the broken door bolt, exactly as Wu Xiang said, she nodded, but when she turned around, her eyes fell on the door leaf.
The door leaf is also old, and it has not been scrubbed normally, and there is a thin layer of dirt on it. However, on the door leaf on her left, there is a spot that is darker than the surrounding ones. She raised her hand to stroke it, and soon frowned.
"When the head catcher came, did you see someone scrubbing here?"
Wu Xiang frowned, "What are you doing scrubbing here? When we came, only the teacher's wife and three nuns were there, and all four of them were in a panic. One of them was going to report to the official, and the teacher said that there was another nun who was there." They reported to Ms. Liu's house, and if they wanted to ask other questions, they couldn't find out, and they kept saying that they would wait for someone from Liu's family to come."
Bo Ruoyou narrowed her eyes, "The original paint color is visible here. Although it is dry, it is very likely that it was scrubbed today. The doors, windows, tables, chairs, cabinets and cabinets in this house are full of dirt, but it is clean here. There must be something Something stuck here, and they scrubbed it before the official government officials came."
Wu Xiang grabbed the saber and walked out with a sullen face. The teacher was standing in the yard, followed by three people, and another nun, whom Bo Ruoyou had never seen before, came out from nowhere, and now the four of them huddled together. At the same place, the fear on the faces of the three young nuns was obvious.
Wu Xiang looked at the teachers and wives with cold eyes, "Did you kill this girl from the Liu family?"
The teacher recited "Amitabha", and hurriedly said: "Don't catch the head and wrong the poor nun. How dare the poor nun? If we killed him, how dare we report it to the officials? I'm afraid we have to try our best to hide it." good."
The three people behind all lowered their eyebrows and wrung their hands nervously, not knowing if they were really guilty of being a thief, or they were afraid that they would be implicated.
Bo Ruoyou stood at the door, her eyes fell on the three young nuns. The three nuns were all in their twenties, with delicate appearance and fair skin. Although the robes were loose, they still outlined a slender figure. She looked carefully After seeing one of them, I found that the nun drew her eyebrows. It doesn't mean that nuns can't love beauty, but that in a pure place of Buddhism, if they have lost their hair, they have the idea of fleeing into Buddhism, not to mention the purity of the six senses. Cut off the desire of the world of mortals...
She felt extremely weird in her heart, and Wu Xiang had already sternly shouted: "Then tell me, did you clean up the room before we came? Which one of you scrubbed behind the door?"
The scrubbing area is only the size of two palms, but it doesn't look like cleaning the door leaf at all. When asked like this, several people looked up at each other, as if they didn't expect to be discovered, thinking that the door leaf was originally the color of black paint. How can you tell the difference
Wu Xiang narrowed her eyes, and clenched her waist knife tightly, "Are you sure you didn't say a word? I think you are all Buddhists. Just now, you have no evidence, so I was very polite to you. But now that you have concealed it, then I There is no need to be merciful to your subordinates, if you don't tell me, I will invite you to go to the Yamen Prison for this kind of murder case."
The teacher's face was solemn, but the three young nuns behind him were a little flustered, and one of them couldn't help but tugged on the teacher's sleeve, "Master—"
The teacher turned her head and gave her a sideways glance, still pursing the corners of her lips tightly.
Wu Xiang looked at it with a sneer, "Sure enough, you can hold your breath, someone, come and take them back together for custody—"
The yamen servants came forward to pick up the person, but the teacher still had to tell the difference, but a nun behind her was so frightened that she was about to cry, "I said, I said, there was blood behind the door panel. We saw it and thought it was unlucky, so we put the blood on the door." Erased."
"Voiceless!" The teacher scolded, with a stern look in his eyes.
The nun named Qingyin seemed to be the youngest of the three, and also the most impatient. She was too intimidated by the teacher, her eyes were wet, and Bo Ruoyou felt pity for her.
"Master, I'm afraid, I'm really afraid, this is a fatality."
The teacher snorted too, "She is willing to commit suicide, so what does that have to do with us?"
Wu Xiang frowned deeply, "Master, monks are merciful, I don't think you are a Buddhist practitioner."
Teacher Taiyi put his hands together and recited Amitabha again, "The poor nun naturally did something for the benefactor, but this is a murder case and has nothing to do with us, so naturally I dare not admit guilt casually."
Wu Xiang looked at Qingyin, "Apart from the blood, what else did you do?"
Qingyin was so frightened that she shed tears in front of her, "We... We also cleaned up the house. Ms. Liu's room is a bit messy, we... We cleaned it up."
Wu Xiang never expected these female nuns to be so bold. He originally thought that since he was a Buddhist, he must be diligent in self-cultivation and not lying, so he had a trust first, but these people dared to hide it deliberately!
He hurriedly brought Qingyin into the room, "Which places have you cleaned up, can you tell me clearly?"
Qingyin was taken away crying, and the other two nuns were ready to move, but the teacher's wife looked normal, and gave them both a look, "How dare you?"
The two were too frightened to speak, the voiceless voice in the room pointed to the floor of the bedroom, "When we came in, the screen placed on the table fell to the ground, and a teacup was broken, the master said that we cannot let the house The yamen saw this, so as not to suspect that we had harmed her, so we cleaned up these things, the blood stains on the door leaf were obvious, and they were scrubbed, and nothing else was touched."
"Have you ever hidden anything?"
Qingyin shook her head quickly, "No, no, we are just afraid of being suspected by the officials, so we dare not do anything else."
The teardrops on Qingyin's face made one's heart soften, and she was the first to speak, so Wu Xiang's expression softened, "Did you really not find out that something happened to her in the past few days?"
Qingyin lowered her eyes, "No...Miss Liu has a bad temper, so we don't come here to scold her, so we just bring in food every day. For two days, a few of us are not in the nunnery, so we don't care about it."
"When are you not in the nunnery?" Wu Xiang asked hastily.
"We were not there on the sixth and seventh days of August, and on the eleventh day, my master, two senior sisters, and I were not in the nunnery, only senior sister Qingshuang was there, and it was impossible to guard her all the time in the nunnery alone. .”
Now it is only August 13th, Wu Xiang calculated the time and asked again, "You are not in the nunnery, are you afraid that she will run away?"
Qingyin shrank her shoulders, "If we are not in the nunnery, we will lock the door from the outside, and Miss Liu dare not run away, she just waits for people from the mansion to pick her up, knowing that if she runs away, she will never let her go go back."
Wu Xiang went to see Bo Ruoyou, and saw Bo Ruoyou closed the door, standing behind the door looking at the scrubbed area.
If Ms. Liu committed suicide and then lay on the bed, why was there blood stains behind the door? But if she was killed by someone, and the doors and windows of the house were closed, how did the murderer escape
Just when he was suspicious, a government servant suddenly strode in from the outside, "Catch the head, someone from the Liu family is here!"
Wu Xiang's expression lifted, "It's finally here!"
He strode out the door, but Bo Ruoyou saw that Qingyin's expression suddenly changed when she heard this, her whole body couldn't help shaking, she glanced outside, and backed away as if she was afraid of some scourge took a step.
Bo Ruoyou stood at the door and looked out, and soon, he saw a young man over ten years old coming from the gate of the courtyard. He was wearing a blue shirt, and he was talking to Wu Xiang as he walked. Gentle and polite.
When they got to the door, the visitor saw Bo Ruoyou, as if they didn't expect there to be a beautiful woman here.
Seeing his expression, Wu Xiang said, "It's our yamen's assistant—"
The visitor showed surprise, "You... Could it be that Miss Bo?"
Bo Ruoyou raised her eyebrows, Wu Xiang was also taken aback, and then said: "This is the third young master of the Liu family."
"I'm Liu Yan." Liu Yan arched his hands to Bo Ruoyou, with a polite look on his face. Seeing her doubts, he said: "I know your brother, Yixuan, something happened in your house recently, I You know, I haven't seen Yixuan for several days."
He had a sad look on his face, as if he was very sorry for this, but Bo Ruoyou's face was calm, "I see."
She responded lightly, moved out of the way, and signaled him to go inside to see the deceased. Liu Yan hesitated for a moment as if preparing himself, and then carried him inside. Bo Ruoyou stood in the main hall, only to see Liu Yan leaning over to the right wing to look After taking a look, he backed out abruptly, then hurried out the door, walked to the edge of the courtyard and began to retch.
The vomited tears glistened before Liu Yan stood up, and when he turned around, Bo Ruoyou looked at him faintly. He couldn't help showing embarrassment, and took out his handkerchief to wipe the corners of his eyes. The girl laughed, she has never seen such a scene..."
He was disgusted and horrified, but there was no sadness on his face, as if it was not Miss Liu who died, but a servant.
Wu Xiang was also observing him, "Young Master Liu can tell you what happened to the deceased."
Liu Yan coughed twice before approaching, "It's my seventh sister, she got into trouble earlier, our family's rules, if you make a big mistake, it's not easy to be punished clearly, and you will be sent to the nunnery to reflect on your mistakes. "
"I don't know what kind of big mistake it was?" Wu Xiang asked again.
Liu Yan's eyes flickered, "It's inconvenient to say, my sister is gone, so I don't want to mention the past." He sighed and said: "She had the idea of committing suicide earlier, and she didn't Thinking about it, I still took this step.”
Bo Ruoyou couldn't help but said: "Mr. Liu, Miss Liu doesn't necessarily commit suicide."
Liu Yan showed surprise, "But the person who reported it said that my sister committed suicide—"
Wu Xiang also said with a serious face: "Whether it is suicide or not, we still need to investigate, but there is one thing at the moment, we need to find out whether Miss Liu committed suicide or was murdered, and let our assistant use a knife on the corpse, are you willing?"
Liu Yan was a little suspicious, as if he didn't understand how to move the knife, at this time, Bo Ruoyou said: "The main thing is to cut open the skull of the deceased to see if the wound is fatal, and also to determine whether it is a suicide wound. "
Liu Yan felt his stomach churning, couldn't help turning around and retching again, after vomiting for a long while, he said with red eyes: "This matter... can be big or small, I have to go back to the house and ask the elders at home. "
Wu Xiang was puzzled, "You are the only one here today, where are her parents?"
Liu Yan sighed when she heard the words, "Her father and mother passed away in the early years. These years, my father and several uncles raised her together. Because he didn't have biological parents, he didn't teach her well, so he made a mistake later. Seeing that the discipline was really bad, that's why I sent her here."
He thought for a moment very carefully, "Hearing that something happened to her, the elders in the family were very sad. They sent me today to pick her up. The family has already started preparing the mourning hall."
He couldn't help asking: "Is it really possible to be harmed by someone?"
Wu Xiang saw that he seemed to be a scholar and was able to reason, so she recounted what she had learned from the investigation just now, and when there was blood behind the door, Liu Yan couldn't help but said: "My sister is really insane sometimes, can it be Did she bump her head and accidentally get it on it?"
Bo Ruoyou frowned, "There is indeed this possibility, but it may also be left behind by the murderer, and to determine whether it was murdered by someone, a more detailed autopsy is required."
Liu Yan hesitated for a moment, "Then I really have to ask the elders in my family."
Both Bo Ruoyou and Wu Xiang's eyes darkened. They had been waiting for a long time, but they didn't expect that someone from the Liu family finally came, but they didn't care. A lot of work.
Wu Xiang took a deep breath, "Okay, then you send someone back to ask."
Liu Yan looked at the sky, "It's getting late at this time, arresting the head, can you send my sister's body back to Yizhuang first? Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be here all night."
Naturally, Wu Xiang didn't want the trouble of leaving the scene of the crime, but this place is several hours away from the capital, so it would take time to wait, but if he returned to the capital and entered Yizhuang, it would be much more convenient to come and go.
He nodded, "That's fine."
Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "In addition to taking my sister's body back here, I also need to take away all her belongings. The head arrester allows me a moment, and I will let the servants clean up."
Wu Xiang frowned, "Then we have to watch it, lest anything suspicious be taken away by you."
Liu Yan was very reasonable, "That's natural, please feel free to arrest the head."
After Liu Yan finished speaking, he beckoned to call the servants behind him, and the two servants came in with two maids. They went to the right wing room first, and when they saw the corpse, they all looked shocked, and they only packed some small things and clothes. , the things on the bed did not move at all, and then went to the left wing, trying to pack the pen, ink and books.
Wu Xiang and Bo Ruoyou stood aside, everything they received was under their eyes, and after two sticks of incense, there was no sneaky place to be seen, while Liu Yan stood outside the house, unwilling to enter at all.
After watching the attendants tidy up the things in the deceased's study, Bo Ruoyou sighed inwardly. Although Miss Liu was a little delirious from time to time, the books she read were no different from those of her daughter's house in the ordinary boudoir. Poems, songs, dramas Most of the story books were books that Bo Ruoyou had read. Thinking of her injuries, Bo Ruoyou was a little curious about what kind of life she was living in the Liu family.
After cleaning up, the entire left wing room had been emptied. Bo Ruoyou walked out with Wu Xiang, and watched the servants of the Liu family carry the dead body into the carriage. Liu Yan was ready to bring the body back to Liu Yan. House's.
They packed everything up quickly, but when they were about to leave, Wu Xiang didn't know what to do with the nuns. In the end, Wu Xiang decided to take the teacher Tai and the two nuns, including Qingyin, back to the capital for interrogation.