[The third update, the promise of the six shifts in two days is done. 】
Although Su Xingfang rushed forward and let out a mournful sound, it seemed that no other organs had been touched, but Sun Shaozong cautiously stayed at a distance, and only returned to the alley after more yamen arrived.
At this time, the six yamen who were hit by the arrows all turned black and died—the arrows were obviously coated with poison!
Chen Jingde was terrified for the future, so he did not sit on the ground with the help of others.
The left and right sides don't need meat shields anymore, so Sun Shaozong naturally doesn't bother to care about him any more. He asks a catcher for an iron ruler, and then sticks to the wall to the place where the poisonous arrows were shot.
After a closer look, I found that the earth wall had long since been dug out of many holes. It was just because it was located deep in the alley and the walls were mottled, so I didn't get close, and I couldn't find those holes at all.
Sun Shaozong tried to poke it with an iron ruler, but he couldn't get in the hole, so he turned to order: "Come on a few people, go over the wall and look at it, and see what the mechanism is inside!"
Seeing the corpses in this place, several yamen officers in the vicinity seemed a little timid.
"I come!"
At this time, Huang Bin was seen coming out of the crowd, neatly rolled up his robe sleeves, followed the open door, climbed up the door stack, and then climbed over the earth wall from the door stack.
"grown ups!"
That is, when he just landed, he heard him exclaim from behind the wall: "There are actually a lot of hand crossbows behind this!"
Hand crossbow
Hearing that he was safe and sound in the back, several other yamen turned over, and after a while, they reported through the wall that there was also a desolate courtyard behind the wall. Apart from these hand crossbows, there were no other organs.
Hearing is false and seeing is believing, Sun Shaozong is about to turn over and take a look - the detour is too far - but Su Xingfang comes over with tears in his eyes.
"Master Sun."
Seeing his hands folded, he said in a hoarse voice, "Su Mou wanted to see your style, but he never thought that he would kill his uncle."
Having said this, he shook his head slightly, his face becoming more and more bitter: "My mother has only this younger brother, and now he has been unpredictable, and I don't know what it will be like to be sad - Su Mou really doesn't care about it now, let alone investigate any case. , I can only say goodbye cheekily."
Hearing his words choked with sobs, Sun Shaozong was also quite sorry in his heart - he was kind enough to help, but instead he folded his uncle into it.
Let me give you a few words of reassurance, but the lightness is of little weight. In the end, I have to give a deep bow and solemnly promise: "Brother Su, rest assured, Sun will find out the real murderer, and I will give justice to my uncle!"
After that, he personally sent Su Xingfang onto the sedan chair, and then he returned to the depths of the alley and neatly climbed over the dirt wall.
Sure enough, just like what Huang Bin said, there was a wall full of hand crossbows behind the earth wall, and it was a hand crossbow with one string and three arrows.
Under the premise of not destroying the scene as much as possible, Sun Shaozong carefully took one for inspection, and found that the structure of this thing is very delicate, but the workmanship can only be said to be unsatisfactory.
According to inference, the effective range of this thing is about twenty steps. If three crossbow arrows are fired at the same time, the range will be further reduced, and the accuracy of the head cannot be guaranteed.
This should be something produced by a small workshop. Compared with the hand crossbow of the same specification equipped by the military, the quality is several grades worse, but in some special cases - such as just now - the power is still considerable.
The murderer even smeared poison on it, which is obviously going to kill Sun Shaozong!
more importantly…
Not only is this thing not cheap, but it can’t be mass-produced in just a day or two—at least not in a small, shoddy workshop.
As a result, the inference of the beggar's revenge seems untenable.
Even if the beggar guardians have the financial resources, it is unlikely that they will purchase these many contrabands in advance-you know that such quantities are enough to be punished for treason!
But since it wasn't a beggar's revenge, who killed Daoyan's master and apprentice
What was the purpose of his killing Daoyan's master and apprentice
Sun Shaozong looked at the hand crossbow repeatedly, deducing it in his heart, but he couldn't get the point.
At present, it is known that he has had a holiday with Daoyan's master and apprentice, and has the ability to arrange so many hand crossbows. I am afraid that only King Zhongshun is the only one.
But the problem is that King Zhongshun has already stabbed this matter in front of the emperor, and there is no need to use such means at all...
That's it.
Let's take a look at the scene first to see if there are any traces left.
With that in mind, Sun Shaozong began to check the situation of those hand crossbows one by one.
At this time, Huang Bin came up again, pointed at one of them and said, "Sir, look at this hand crossbow first."
Sun Shaozong followed his instructions, but saw that among the many empty hand crossbows, there was still a hand crossbow that had not been successfully activated.
Judging from the location of the visit, this should not have been deliberately missed by the murderer, but because the mechanism was flawed, it was not successfully triggered.
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong immediately approached and looked closely at the machine brackets of each hand crossbow, and indeed found some slight wear marks.
This should be something that had been put on it, and when it was triggered, it was pulled hard, causing the arrow to be fired, leaving traces.
and many more!
If this is the case, someone must have actively triggered the mechanism!
Could it be that…
"From the villain's point of view, the thief may have been hiding behind this earthen wall, otherwise how could he trigger the mechanism in time?"
This Huang Bin's idea coincides somewhat with Sun Shaozong.
but…
Are things really that simple
Sun Shaozong kept calm, checked all the hand crossbows again, and then raised his voice and commanded: "Chen Si, you imitate the uncle of Su Zhixian. At the place where he was standing, try to say a few words to the entrance of the alley. try."
Chen Jingde listened to his instructions. Although his legs were still weak, he had no choice but to tremble. He came to the place where the middle-aged yamen corpse was buried just now. He imitated his appearance and said, "My lords, this is the place..."
"Be louder!"
"My lords..."
"Be louder!"
"My lords, it is here!"
In the end, Chen Jingde almost shouted at the top of his voice, and Tuqiang finally heard the truth.
"This… "
Huang Bin said without realizing it, "It didn't seem like it was so difficult for the villain to spread the word."
"That's because you are talking to the wall with holes, and he is talking with his back to the wall, and there is a considerable distance - if the murderer really hides behind the wall, it is not difficult to hear the seductive talking, But it's not that easy to hear what the other party is saying."
"and… "
Sun Shaozong pointed to the hole in the wall. If he really wanted to hide behind the wall and commit murder, he should at least make a hole so that he could spy outside, right
"What do you mean, sir?"
"The person who triggered the mechanism is probably not inside the wall, but outside the wall—that is, in that alley or that yard!"
Thanks to the book friend 'Aheng 520' for the reward.