When Nanny Huang brought the clothes she fished out from the deer pond to the Hanyu Pavilion, Lu Youxin had already arrived one step earlier!
Seeing that Nanny Huang had indeed found the clothes, she was surprised and felt that Qin Wan knew everything well.
Grandma Huang said, "The two wells have also been fished. No, and then I asked everyone to fish in the deer pond. I didn't expect to find it. The deer pond has been frozen for a few days, so the center of the lake is still empty. The clothes are just thrown there, if the concubine didn't say it, the servants might not be able to think of it."
The weather was too cold, the clothes were fished out for only a moment, and when they reached the Hanyu Hall, they were frozen into a ball again.
Qin Wan ordered someone to find a felt blanket and put the clothes in the room to wait for them to thaw. Lu Youxin saw that Qin Wan was very organized, so he looked at the clothes and said, "This clothes have been soaked in water for so many days. It’s hard to think about leaving anything behind…”
Qin Wan nodded, "That is indeed the case, but this is one of the physical evidences, and it must be found."
Looking at Qin Wan's determined and calm look, Lu Youxin couldn't help feeling a little ashamed in her heart. Relying on her age, she had gone through a lot of troubles, so she didn't have high regard for Qin Wan at first, and the rumored case-solving and other things In her opinion, it was even more illusory. In order to justify giving Qin Wan a title, no matter how much credit was given to her, she did not expect that those rumors turned out to be true.
Thinking of this, Lu Youxin watched Qin Wan roll up his sleeves, and spread out the wet clothes without being too dirty.
The clothes are the top Huzhou silk and satin, wearing a royal blue robe embroidered with bamboo patterns, plus a belt embroidered with dark blue elephant patterns, because it has been soaked in the water for a long time, and there is silt in the lake, so the clothes you see at this moment It was full of dirty ideas, but apart from the stains, the tears in the clothes were also obvious at a glance.
These cuts were in the shape of strips, and it looked like they were stabbed to death due to friction, but they were consistent with the bloodstains Qin Wan saw in the plum garden.
Qin Wan checked them one by one, and said after a while, "It's the same as the bloodstains I saw in Meiyuan. I guess Lu Jingcheng was killed in Meiyuan, and then moved his body to Qingsongyuan. There are quite a lot of blood on the clothes. Stains and bloodstains, but no other more suggestive evidence."
After being in the lake for so long, the murderer must have checked it too.
Lu Youxin frowned, "Guan'er, but I still don't understand how Jing Cheng died."
Qin Wan only said that Lu Jingcheng died of suffocation, but Qin Wan didn't make it very clear how he died. Hearing Lu Youxin's question, Qin Wan said, "I was not sure at first, but after I went to the plum garden, Then I had an idea, I thought, Lu Jingcheng should have been pressed in the snowdrift and smothered to death."
Lu Youxin opened her eyes slightly, "What? How could this be..."
Qin Wan shook his head and laughed, "There are no more injuries on Lu Jingcheng's body, but there is a bruise on the back of his neck. The bruise is very heavy. It should be caused by strong pressing or collision. His ear canal, mouth and nose There are a small amount of snow particles, which can also explain my speculation."
"Besides the Taoranting Pavilion in the Plum Garden, there are places where layers of snow are piled up, and there are also places where the snow is thin near the bamboo forest. I guess he should be the murderer of the night party, but the murderer unexpectedly pushed him to the ground, and then pressed him in the snowdrifts. Suffocated to death, as long as a person blocks his mouth and nose, no matter what he uses, he will suffocate to death after a long time. It is cold these days, and snowdrifts can become an accomplice to murder. Lu Jingcheng was held down, and his hands naturally He also had contact with snowdrifts, so there were still snow particles in his nails. Although he was lying on his back when he was found in the room, there were more and more obvious spots on his thighs and chest and abdomen. , it can be seen that when he died, he was lying face down, which can also be seen from the friction scars on his knees and thighs."
Qin Wan's words were clear and logical, and Lu Youxin had to convince her, "Jing Cheng is a big man after all, it's not easy for a murderer to kill like this."
Qin Wan nodded, "That's true. Even if Lu Jingcheng loses the strength to resist with one arm, he is still a grown man. It is not easy to be suppressed to lie face down, so I guess that Lu Jingcheng didn't know anything about the murderer at that time." Be vigilant, the murderer took advantage of his unpreparedness to get his hands on it."
After a little thought, Qin Wan said again, "Not only that, the murderer should have acted in a rage, not premeditated murder. Although the murderer moved the body, arranged the house, and took away Lu Jingcheng's clothes, it was not a murderer. A perfect situation, with his actions, if he had premeditated, I'm afraid that Lu Jingcheng would really die without knowing why."
Lu Youxin didn't feel it at first, but after listening to Qin Wan's words, she felt that it was very reasonable. Only then did she realize that the knowledge of dealing with people is really different from deducing the case. She stopped asking questions and just listened to Qin Wan alone. .
"If it is said that Lu Jingcheng went to Meiyuan to meet this person, then there are several possibilities for the identity of him and this person. First, this person is a servant of the mansion and has to be controlled by him. Second, Lu Jingcheng holds this person in his hand. The reason for this person, or this person wanted something from him, so he was under his control. Lu Jingcheng was so happy that they met for the first time and the second time, so that he was completely unguarded by the third time, but he didn't know what the two said. The murderer has murderous intentions."
Lu Youxin looked at Nanny Huang, and Nanny Huang hurried forward and said, "I have asked the servants in the mansion, and I have been here for a long time, and there are not a few slaves who have reprimanded the fourth young master, but these people are usually honest. It's my duty, I haven't found anything very suspicious yet, and if it is said who the Fourth Young Master is holding, this servant will not know."
Qin Wan ordered Bai Ying to dry Lu Jingcheng's clothes and keep them as evidence, and then said, "Those who look honest and honest on weekdays may not necessarily be honest and honest. The corpse spots on Lu Jingcheng show that he died after death The prone position that has been maintained for a while has not changed. At this time, the murderer may have just killed someone and has not calmed down yet. However, he calmed himself down very quickly. He moved it back loudly, and then fiddled with Lu Jingcheng as if he was frozen to death, and even broke the earth dragon, these details are enough to show that this person is not timid, on the contrary, he is very smart and scheming."
"If such a person wants to pretend to be honest and harmless on weekdays, it is very likely that he will deceive everyone."
After Qin Wan finished speaking, Lu Jingxiu and Lu Jingcheng flashed across her mind. For some reason, Lu Jingxiu was the person she suspected the most at first, but now thinking of Lu Jingcheng's behavior, she completely dispelled her suspicions about him, and paused , Qin Wan said again, "How about the second master?"
Lu Youxin sighed when he heard this, "Last night, both of them were looking for death and life, forcing me to go there, but after these two days, their energy and spirit have also been worn out, and they probably have no energy to make a scene. Grief Then I came up again, looking very pitiful, I asked them to go to Qingsongyuan once in the morning, my second sister-in-law passed out again on the spot, now I will not back down, they can only listen to me, I said The murderer must be found before the Chinese New Year."
Qin Wan thought for a while, then suddenly said, "I don't know why, I don't think Lu Jingcheng's matter is that simple, and scolding and scolding servants on weekdays should not be the reason for the murder." Thinking of this, Qin Wan suddenly said , "Recently, has Lu Jingcheng had any thoughts about Lu's business?"
Lu Youxin and Huang Momo looked at each other, Lu Youxin shook his head and said, "That's not true. My second uncle and second sister-in-law also know that he is not good enough, and the business is in their own hands. They just want him to be an heir, and they also want them to be able to do it themselves." It's nothing more than meddling in the big house's affairs, if you really want Jing Cheng to be the head of the family, you have to teach him a good lesson."
Qin Wan frowned slightly. The dispute between Lu's family was the main point of her suspicion. Even if she killed someone in a fit of rage, which of the ordinary servants would dare to do this
Moreover, even after killing a person, he can still move the corpse so calmly. With such determination, even if he is a servant, he is still as powerful as Huang Momo.
His thoughts were blocked again, Qin Wan sighed and said, "I asked Bai Feng to go to Jianzhou City, and I should be able to come back today. If he can bring back useful information, I might be able to find a new direction. Now all the people living in the garden are Lu's own people, and I don't like to show up, it's really difficult."
Lu Youxin couldn't help holding Qin Wan's hand, "Guan'er, thank you for your hard work. I thought it would be easy, but I didn't expect there to be so many twists and turns. I'm afraid I can only rely on you this time." , It’s okay for me to do business and manage family affairs, but it’s hard for me to figure out these little details.”
Qin Wan hurriedly said, "Since I am here, it would be my luck if I could share the worries for my aunt. It's just that I don't want to show up, so I'm afraid it won't be that fast."
Lu Youxin hurriedly comforted Qin Wan again, and finally, Qin Wan said, "I always feel that this incident may have something to do with the disputes in the clan, please trouble my aunt to find out if there is any special business dealings with the second room these days, especially if it involves other couples. room."
These people came here to fight for family property, and Lu's family property was indeed the most likely cause of conflict.
Lu Youxin agreed immediately, and stayed with Qin Wan for a while before leaving.
Qin Wan stayed in the Han's Pavilion, and carefully inspected Lu Jingcheng's outer robe. The stains on the robe became more obvious after drying. Breaking the mouth, using this to infer the scene of Lu Jingcheng's death...
The winter clothes are thick, and many wounds are only left on the clothes. Qin Wan looked at it for a while, and found that there were many small creases on Lu Jingcheng's right cuff. These marks were rubbed out, and it should be someone holding Lu Jingcheng's hand pressed on the ground...
Standing beside the clothes, Qin Wan gestured with his hands twice, and after a while, his eyes lit up slightly.
Qin Wan thought about it, so he just waited for Bai Feng to come back, but there was no sign of Bai Feng at night.
Qin Wan couldn't help feeling a little worried. Bai Feng went to Jianzhou City alone this time. Although Qin Wan was very relieved of him, it was not impossible for him to have an accident.
Seeing that the night was getting darker and darker, but Bai Feng never came back, Fu Ling and the others, especially Bai Ying, also became worried.
Before Bai Feng returned, Qin Wan naturally felt sleepy, so he sat in the warm pavilion and waited. After a while, it was the second watch. Qin Wan pondered for a while, and was about to let the rest of the guards enter Jianzhou City overnight to look for Bai Feng. But Bai Feng came back at this moment—
Qin Wan was overjoyed, and got up to greet her in person!
Bai Feng entered the room with the cold air all over his body, "I kept the princess waiting for a long time!"
Bai Ying breathed a sigh of relief, but Fu Ling said, "Why have you been away for so long, we've been waiting, worried to death!"
Although Fu Ling's voice was loud, it was in a very worried tone. Even though Bai Feng was normally serious, he felt warm in his heart at this moment, and couldn't help apologizing. Qin Wan hurriedly waved his hand and asked him to sit down, "It's okay, I'm just afraid that something might happen to you, hurry up." Warm up with a cup of tea."
Bai Feng then drank half a cup of tea as he said, and said after waiting for his breath, "I was supposed to be back in the afternoon, but when my subordinates went down to inquire about the Fourth Young Master in the afternoon, they got other news, so it was delayed—"
Qin Wan raised her eyebrows, "Why is there any other news related to the case?"
Bai Feng hurriedly said, "I'm not sure, but I think it's always good to know more."
Qin Wan looked expectant, "Exactly, what do you know this time?"
Bai Feng sat upright, and his face became serious, "The princess asked her subordinates to inquire about the whereabouts of the Fourth Young Master in Jianzhou City, and the subordinates found out. As Wang Hao expected, the Fourth Young Master did go to Jianzhou City mostly in Qin Dynasty. He wandered around Lou Chu Pavilion, he went to the city eleven times in total, ten times he was at Huamanlou in Jianzhou City, and he hired an oiran to accompany him twice, and he also made friends with a woman named Hongxiu. I've been to her four or five times since then, and other than that..."
Bai Feng originally spoke very quickly, but at this point, he stopped talking quickly, as if there was something difficult to say that he couldn't say.
Qin Wan wondered, "What else?"
Bai Feng pursed her lips, gritted her teeth and said, "Besides, the fourth young master also hired an actor, a male actor."