The night is getting darker.
The front hall of the palace was brightly lit, and Sun Shaozong was lying on the round table where the banquet had been removed.
Wang Ren, who was still in high spirits before, didn't know where he took Xing Zhong at this time. Only Xue Tu and Sun Shaoxu were left, guarding Sun Shaozong from left to right, desperately trying to see what kind of doorway from those ghostly painted symbols.
However, they obviously couldn't keep up with Sun Shaozong's jumping thinking, and in the end they had to give up deciphering the information and waited obediently for Sun Shaozong to start questioning the case.
"grown ups."
At this time, Li Mu, the county magistrate of Jiangning, came over with a few pieces of rice paper, and said cautiously, "This is the scene of the murder and the topographic map of the Liu family's backyard."
Sun Shaozong took a look at it and saw that although the above picture is a bit simple, the layers are clear and coherent, and the brushstrokes are mixed with a three-point landscape charm, which is far beyond his expectations, and he can't help but subconsciously ask: "Who made these? "
"It's Sun's dowry maid Shuxuan."
Li Zhixian hurriedly replied: "She is most familiar with the layout of Sun's bedroom, and she is good at fine brushwork calligraphy and painting. She is really the best choice for topographical maps."
Having said this, he complained in a timely manner: "That Liu Yuanwai originally intended to cover up for his son, and ordered someone to completely destroy the scene. When I sent someone to investigate, not to mention the blood on the ground, even that was stained with blood. The screen and mattress were burnt clean."
Because the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty generally encouraged relatives to hide from each other, it was not uncommon for relatives and friends to destroy the scene.
And this is also the reason why Sun Shaozong is not going to investigate the scene for the time being - he was vandalized first, but now it has been two months, and the chances of finding out clues are extremely slim.
Nodding noncommittally, Sun Shaozong first selected the layout of the crime scene and confirmed it with the confession in the file.
The crime scene was located in the bedroom on the east side of the main room. The door opened in the middle of the west wall, and the screen that tied Sun's body was directly opposite.
That's why, after the two maids entered the door, they found Sun's body at a glance.
According to the description in the complaint, the screen was about 12 feet away from the gate, and the back was about 4 feet away from the east wall.
As for the bunk bed that Liu Yiqing slept soundly at the time of the incident, it was located in the due north, about 1.5 feet away from the screen and the entrance and exit.
Because it was rainy weather, the windows on the south side were locked from the inside.
After looking at it for a long time, Sun Shaozong took the topographic map of Liu Mansion's backyard in his hand and carefully examined it.
As mentioned earlier, Liu Mansion is also a family of officials and eunuchs, and like the Southern Sect of the Sun family, they usually live outside the city, so this yard is naturally not very small.
According to the picture, if a snitch broke into the Liu family and killed the Sun family, at least they would have to climb over the two high and one low walls, and they would have to hide from the family dogs raised by the Liu family.
This is already quite difficult, not to mention that it was still rainy weather at that time, and it is even more difficult to want to go up and down without leaving a trace.
As for the internal servants of the Liu family who committed crimes...
According to the topographic map and the confession, between the backyard and the front yard, there are servants who are watching 24 hours a day.
And because it was raining and raining, most of the servants of the Liu family gathered together to deal with some indoor chores. Even if someone had been alone in the middle of the way, it would still be less than a quarter of an hour before and after.
In such a short time, it might still be possible to climb over the wall and dig into the backyard, but after killing Sun Shi, then tying her corpse to the screen, intending to blame Liu Yiqing, is absolutely impossible.
With all these things, it is no wonder that Jiangning County decided that Liu Yiqing killed the Sun family when there were still doubts about the case.
After looking at the remaining topographic maps one by one, Sun Shaozong turned his attention to the bustling dozen or so ID cards outside the gate.
"First bring Liu Changfeng and his son, the maids Shuxuan, Mu Qin, the housekeeper Song Ji, the servants Liu Yan, Sang Youfu and others."
Liu Changfeng's father and son and the two maids didn't say much, but the housekeeper and servant at the back were the ones who were responsible for cleaning up the scene.
Li Zhixian was busy going down to spread the word in person, and after a while, he brought those people in.
Liu Changfeng is a wealthy middle-aged man. Although his son Liu Yiqing is wearing shackles and looks a little skinny, his appearance is still slightly higher than that of Sun Shaozong.
After entering the door, the father and son knelt down first, and the servants at the back immediately fell to the ground.
"Injustice..."
That Liu Changfeng was about to complain when he heard Sun Shaozong raise his voice and ask, "Song Ji, Liu Yan, and Sang Youfu, when you were cleaning the scene of the murder, what did you see, and bring them to this official one by one."
The three of them obviously never thought that Mr. Guan would ask them first, and Liu Yan and Sang Youfu were a little flustered at the moment.
And Song Ji was the housekeeper in the end, and he was more calm than the two of them. Even when he was called by Liu Changfeng to the backyard at that time to help clean up the blood on the corpse, he roughly recounted it.
However, what he said was basically recorded in the Jiangning County dossier, and there was nothing new about it.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong asked again: "Besides, what else do you have to add?"
"The little guy has nothing to add."
Song Ji categorically denied it, but Liu Yan looked at Liu Changfeng subconsciously, and seemed to be in a dilemma.
How can such a small action be concealed from Sun Shaozong
When even called by name: "Liu Yan, are you hiding something?"
Hearing this, before Liu Yan did anything, Liu Changfeng urged, "It's time to wait, what else can you say? Could it be that you want to kill the young master?!"
Seeing that the official named his name, and the master was urging him again and again, Liu Yan said tremblingly: "I don't dare to expire, master, when the villain cleaned up the blood on the ground, he picked up a blood-stained one. Candle… "
In fact, this point is also recorded in the file, but Sun Shaozong saw his appearance and obviously had other inside information, so he ordered: "Continue talking."
Just listening to Liu Yan hesitantly said: "In addition to the blood on the candle, there are also... some sticky things, it seems... It seems to be something that men and women made when they were talking."
"And there's that... the candle's root was a little flat, as if... it seemed to be pinched..."
It turned out to be hiding such things, no wonder this fellow has scruples in front of everyone.
Sun Shaozong pondered for a while, and then asked further: "Has it been contaminated with a man's Mi Qingye?"
"It... seems to be there."
"You're not sure?"
"Yes! The villain clearly remembers that there is indeed a man's dirty stuff on it."
Hearing this, Sun Shaozong pointed to the candlestick not far away, and instructed the servants of the palace to take two candles down, send one to himself, and give the other to Liu Yan.
Sun Shaozong slowly exerted his strength, squeezing the candle slightly, and asked Liu Yan if it was in such a shape.
"It's going to be flatter."
After getting a negative answer, Sun Shaozong squeezed it even more, and this was confirmed by Liu Yan.
Throwing the pinched candle aside, Sun Shaozong instructed again, "Try it and see if this candle is different from the candle you found at the murder scene in terms of softness, hardness, and toughness."
That Liu Yan squeezed the candle a few times, then broke it in half with all his strength, and then shook his head and said, "This candle should be softer, not as hard as the one in our house."
tsk~
The hardness of the candles used in the palace is not low, but the Liu family's candles are even harder - it seems that they have been used for a long time and deeply, otherwise they will not be significantly deformed.
So what does this emerging detail mean
Is the murderer a pervert
So after he entered the time of the sage, he took the risk that Liu Yiqing might wake up at any time, and repeatedly humiliated the Sun family with candles
or…
The murderer was actually a fast guy, and he was despised by the Sun family because of his second shot, so he used external force to vent his anger and anger
Or again...
The murderer is Liu Yiqing himself, so naturally there is no need to worry about anything
After briefly recording the suspicions in his mind on a piece of paper, Sun Shaozong asked, "Besides, what else do you have to add?"
Seeing that Liu Yan really added some details, that Liu Changfeng suddenly came to the spirit, and turned his head and promised: "If anyone can come up with something useful, I will definitely reward him!"
Under this reward, another 'yongfu' appeared.
But I heard Sang Youfu muttering: "Master, little man... The little man also saw something, but I don't know if it's useful."
Sun Shaozong said categorically: "Whether it is useful or not, your master will reward you!"
Encouraged by this generous promise, Sang Youfu hurriedly said, "When the villain swept away the blood, he found some white pieces of wax in front of the screen, which looked like they had fallen from wax pills..."
Wax pellets
Sun Shaozong turned his attention to Liu Yiqing: "Have you and the Sun family used any pills before the incident?"
"Never!"
Liu Yiqing hurriedly shook his head like a rattle, and said with certainty, "My wife and I are healthy, why have you ever used any pills?"
Sun Shaozong asked the two maids again, and they all shook their heads.
in this case…
It is very likely that this thing is not the original thing at the crime scene.
In other words, this is likely to be brought to the scene by the murderer.
Could it be that it was loaded with something like an elixir to disintegrate Sun's resistance
This seems to make sense.
but…
Does the drug need to be made into pills
This thing should be more convenient to use, the better
Even if it is made into a pill, it should be peeled off in advance when it is ready to be used.
As for the drug volatilization or something...
Solid pills should not have this problem.
As for liquid anesthetics…
If it really needs to be in liquid form, it’s better to use a water bag, a bamboo jar, etc., which is more reliable than wax pills
In short, this is another clue that cannot be connected to the case for the time being.
After recording all kinds of speculations on paper again, Sun Shaozong immediately turned his attention to one of the maids.
After Sang Youfu told about the 'wax pill' and got a promise of a big reward, the maid was eager to try, obviously thinking of clues that had not been recorded!
Thank you book friends for the reward of 'Fingering forever, oh feed yourself a bag of salt'.