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"No?"
"No."
"not a single one?"
"My Tianshi Mansion's disciples and servants in Beijing are all gathered here now. If Sun Shaoqing doesn't believe it, he can measure their heights one by one."
Sun Shaozong was silent.
What Master Hongyuan said was unequivocal, this is something that can be verified at the moment, which shows that among the disciples and servants of the Tianshifu in Beijing, there is indeed no such tall and powerful person.
Is it because of your own inference
But I have carefully checked the traces of the scene several times, and it stands to reason that there will be no omissions.
in addition…
Sun Shaozong used the corner of his eye to scan the middle-aged Taoist priest who was suspected of being a housekeeper.
It was the first time that he asked if there were people over six feet tall in this mansion. The middle-aged Taoist seemed to have thought of something, but before he could speak, he was stopped by Master Hongyuan.
If Master Hongyuan had hurriedly covered up just now, he might be able to see some flaws in this middle-aged Daoist.
However, after looking over, he saw that the middle-aged Taoist priest had a disdainful expression on his face, as if he was despising Sun Shaozong's absurd reasoning.
tsk~
Is this guy acting so good
Or did you just misunderstand something
Quietly withdrawing his eyes, Sun Shaozong made up his mind to find another breakthrough, and pretended not to give up, and continued to ask: "The person who is close to the mansion, is there any..."
"Sun Shaoqing."
The real person Hongyuan interrupted Sun Shaozong's words, and said sternly: "My wife has always lived in a secluded place. If she is not from my Tianshifu, I am afraid that she may not even know that she is in the capital at this time."
Is this to clear up for the disciples, or to tell yourself that even if the real culprit is not among them, there must be an inner response in this mansion
Sun Shaozong lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then he said again: "In that case, please let the real person gather all the people in the mansion to wait in the front hall, and don't walk around casually - wait for this official to investigate the surrounding traces, and then check them out one by one. "
After a pause, he said again: "Please send someone to Dali Temple for a walk, and let the yamen on duty and the prisoners specializing in women's prisons come as soon as possible."
Master Hongyuan was about to nod his head, but the middle-aged Taoist on the side was a little annoyed, and said angrily: "It's said that we don't have anyone over six feet tall here, why are adults still confused?! I heard that you just went to see that Zhang Laodao, shouldn’t it be…”
"Senior Brother Hongfeng!"
Hongyuan Zhenren let out a low drink, and the middle-aged Taoist reluctantly closed his mouth and cast his eyes on Sun Shaozong, but he was still not very friendly.
This attitude...
It doesn't look like it's a ghost.
Did he really see it wrong
Or is it that his hesitant attitude has nothing to do with the case itself
Sun Shaozong was suspicious in his heart, but on the face, it was only Hong Yuan Renren who threw his hands and said, "It's time to work."
Then he lifted the lantern again, and began a carpet-like search of the garden, centered on the corpse.
Seeing this, the middle-aged Taoist glared at him again, and then went away indignantly.
It didn't take long for the two wives, one short and one fat, to rush over again, first saluting Sun Shaozong, and then following him like a thief.
With two tails like this, Sun Shaozong searched the garden and found that the soil close to the corner of the wall was unexpectedly soft and soft.
This is probably because the snow of the previous two days has not been cleaned up until today, and the temperature has warmed up today, and the surface has not frozen.
Thanks to this, Sun Shaozong found a few clear footprints in the left corner.
By comparing the footprints and the distance between the steps, Sun Shaozong further confirmed the previous inference - the murderer who killed Ma was indeed over six feet tall.
From the courtyard to the back of the wall, I saw two long rows of houses facing each other. I glanced at the mother-in-law and the attendants, but it turned out to be the dormitory of the young disciples of Tianshifu.
The same footprints were found on the south wall of the collective dormitory, as well as under the north and south walls of the firewood house next door.
Considering that there is no such burly and tall person in this mansion, there is basically no possibility of forging traces of invasion.
Therefore, it can be basically concluded that the murderer did climb in and out of the wall.
According to the old ladies, because there was no evening class today, at the beginning of Youzheng [6:15pm], four Taoists returned to the dormitory together.
The time when Mr. Ma entered the back garden alone to relax was three quarters of Youzheng [5:45 pm].
The time when the body was found was around 7:00 p.m. at Xu Shi.
As for the time of death, it is about between 6:00 and 7:00 when Youzheng arrives at Xu.
In other words, the time left for the murderer to commit the crime is only the three quarters of the Youshi to the two quarters of the first quarter of the Youzheng.
Considering the existence of the before and after deviation, the time may be shortened even more.
A burly man, just after nightfall, sneaked into the back garden of the deep house compound, killed the hostess and walked away calmly.
This is either because there is an inner leader to lead the way, or he is familiar with everything here.
As for the inference of sneaking in in advance and ambush in the garden, it is theoretically plausible-but although it is getting dark early, it will not be night until you are right.
A burly murderer who jumps over the wall and crosses the house in broad daylight, the risk of exposure is too great, as long as the IQ is not lower than the average level, I am afraid that such a choice will not be made.
In addition, according to the route of entry and exit of the murderer, it is very likely that the murderer identified Ma Shi early in the morning, when he was alone in the back garden.
Based on this further inference, there may be some special connection between Ma and the murderer.
Otherwise, in this short period of time, how did he get the exact news and get in and out of the real mansion with ease
If this is the case, there is a reasonable explanation for the unbalanced 'teacher' character.
And the expression on the face of the deceased's seven emotions also has an explanation.
In this way, while looking for clues and deliberating over and over again, Sun Shaozong circled around the backyard of Zhenren Mansion and returned to the garden.
He originally wanted to check the corpse one last time, but when he approached the front with a lantern, the first thing that caught his eye was the figure of Hongyuan Master standing with his hands behind his back, looking up at the starry sky.
It should be half an hour before and after, right
Has he been sculpting beside the corpse all the time
perhaps…
He wasn't actually posing, but he didn't know how to face his wife's brutal death
If this is the case, the previous inference of 'killing his wife to prove the Tao' is somewhat biased.
Moreover, if there is an unclear relationship between Ma Shi and the murderer, the possibility of Hongyuan's conspiracy with the murderer will be reduced to the lowest point.
Sun Shaozong was thinking about this, should he take the opportunity to test the relationship between the couple, but suddenly he heard footsteps coming from behind.
Holding the lantern and turning his head to look, he saw that Huang Bin was leading three female prisoners and was walking quickly with the Taoist butler.
"grown ups!"
And seeing that Sun Shaozong was not far in front, Huang Bin immediately stepped out of the crowd, hurried to the front, bowed and said: "The villain has sent his brothers to guard the front and rear doors, without your orders, no one is allowed to arbitrarily. In and out."
Sun Shaozong nodded, turned to Hongyuan Zhenren and said, "Zhenzhen, can you find a suitable room for these female prisoners to further examine the corpse?"
Master Hongyuan didn't look at him, he just waved his wide robe sleeves at the Taoist Hongfeng.
The Taoist Hongfeng immediately understood what he meant, and asked the two women to gather with the three female prisoners to carry Ma's body to the side hall for examination.
As for Sun Shaozong and Huang Bin, they followed the real person Hongfeng to the crowded hall.
When I was on the road just now, because of the darkness of the night, Sun Shaozong didn't see the real thing. At this time, the lights in the hall were brilliant. Only then did I realize that among the disciples of the Tianshi Mansion in the capital, there were not many real Taoists, only about a dozen. look.
And more, it is a teenager who has not been taught the seal dao. This should be the real person of Hongyuan. After opening the situation in the capital, he has just been included in the door.
At this time, those half-old children, Wu Yangyang, stood in half of the hall, but they were all silent, and did not dare to make a sound, obviously they were under extremely strict control at ordinary times.
On the contrary, they only occupied a corner of the living room, and they kept whispering.
Of course, as soon as Sun Shaozong showed up, the maidservants also immediately became quiet.
This hall should be the place where the Taoists do their homework on weekdays. In the most innermost position, there is also a small altar.
Because he didn't know if there were any taboos in this, Sun Shaozong didn't even set foot on the platform, just stood in front of the crowd and looked around, and then raised his voice: "Those who stayed in this mansion before, all stood in front of this official. ."
Several Taoists in the crowd exchanged glances, and then they all came out.
There were only six people who stood up, but they were all grown-up Daoists. It seemed that Daoist Daoist Hongyuan had brought all the Daoists to Ning Guofu to support the scene.
Among the six people who stood up, there was only one person who was six feet tall and more than five feet five inches [1 meter 71].
It can only be said that the height difference between the north and the south is relatively obvious nowadays.
At this time, the wives and maids in the corner couldn't help but feel a little commotion. One of the wives asked boldly, "Master Qingtian, we... us slaves, do we have to stand over there too?"
"No need."
Sun Shaozong waved his hand and ordered: "Huang Bin, take someone to cross-examine all those who were in this mansion at the time of the crime to see if they have an alibi—and who are the maids next to Mrs. Ma? , stand up and answer."
Just as Huang Bin was about to step forward to take orders, he hurriedly returned to his original position after hearing what he said later.
At the same time, two fifteen- or sixteen-year-old little maids walked over tremblingly, bowed their heads and said timidly: "Nu Mai Qiuhong [Xia He], I have seen Master Qingtian, we two are maids next to Madam."
After a pause, Na Qiuhong added: "After Madam arrived in the garden, the two of us have been gossiping with the sister-in-law of the Zhang family. Later, when we felt something was wrong, the three of us found the body together."
This is rather clever.
And listening to their accents, they should be natives of the capital, not brought by Mrs. Ma from the south.
Sun Shaozong nodded and commanded beyond doubt: "This official is going to Mrs. Ma's dormitory to check it out. The two of you will lead the way."
The two maids subconsciously looked at Daoist Hongfeng, and seeing that he had no intention of stopping, they took Sun Shaozong and the two yamen to Madam Ma's bedroom.