"Old Madam, Eldest Young Master, His Royal Highness, Prince Rui's son, welcomes you."
When the yacha came, the prayer beads in Jiang's hand stopped suddenly, and she opened her closed eyes, then nodded slowly, "Okay, let's go there right away."
Ya almost nodded and left, Lin immediately supported Jiang to stand up, "Mother, this..."
Mrs. Jiang raised her hand, and Mrs. Lin stopped talking immediately, and Mrs. Jiang looked at Qin Chen, "Chen'er, follow what I said earlier, don't worry about anything else."
Qin Chen hesitated to speak, "But..."
The corners of Jiang's lips twitched, "There's nothing wrong with it, it's just a matter of fate."
Qin Chen let out a breath, and then strode out, Caihe on the side also hurriedly stepped forward, together with Mrs Lin, helped Mrs Jiang to go out, Mrs Liu's yard has been sealed, Yan Chi asked The words are another side hall.
When the Jiang family entered the door, Yan Chi was already sitting on the main seat with a calm expression, while Huo Huaixin was standing on the side in an orderly manner. Even Huo Huaixin didn't sit in front of Yan Chi, let alone other people.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness, and the magistrate."
Several people in the Qin family saluted, and Huo Huaixin waved his hands, "Get up, get up."
Huo Huaixin talked to himself with a relaxed voice, and glanced at Yan Chi, who was in the first place, and saw that his expression was indifferent, and he was casually playing with a small bone pendant on his waist, as if he was an outsider who didn't intend to intervene, but he However, there was a coercive and intimidating force around him, Huo Huaixin looked away and asked, "May I ask who was the first to get here?"
Qin Chen frowned slightly, and Lin was the first to stand up, "Prefect Huo is a concubine."
Huo Huaixin nodded, but his tone was very polite, "Madam was the first to come over. How dare I ask Madam, when you just came to the yard, what you saw was Aunt Liu lying on the bed and strangled to death?"
Lin's eyes flashed, and he nodded, "Exactly."
Huo Huaixin nodded with a smile, and looked at the servant at the door, "Go and bring in the two maids beside Aunt Liu."
The Yacha responded and left, Qin Chen couldn't help but said, "Do you have any questions, Mr. Zhifu?"
Huo Huaixin smiled like a Buddha, "It's okay, I don't know if you came late, so I won't ask you, just ask those two little girls later..."
Qin Chen pursed his lips and frowned slightly.
After Huo Huaixin finished speaking, he looked at Yan Chi again, and saw that Yan Chi was still playing with the bone pendant, as if he didn't listen to others at all, but his eyes were serious, although his eyes didn't fall on the Jiang family and the others, they were still eye-catching. Dare not ignore him.
Huo Huai was a little apprehensive at the bottom of his confidence, and then looked at the people below. Except for Mrs. Jiang, Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Lin all looked a little nervous, and the little maid standing beside her twisted her cuffs with her fingers nervously.
Huo Huai shook his head confidently, and sighed again. At this moment, two maidservants in green clothes came in.
"Greetings, my lords—"
Seeing the two kneeling and saluting, Huo Huaixin did not specifically introduce his and Yan Chi's identities, but only asked, "Who is in the hall?"
"Servant Xiuqin—"
"Slaves show books—"
The two answered one by one, the name was Qinshu Fengya, Huo Huaixin nodded, "You two, who was the first to find Aunt Liu dead in the house this morning?"
The two were stunned for a moment, lowered their eyes subconsciously, and then Xiuqin said, "Yes... a slave."
Huo Huaixin let out a "hmm" and asked Xiu Shu, "How did you see Aunt Liu?"
Xiushu clutched the hem of his clothes, and said nervously, "The maidservant heard Xiuqin shout, so she went over to look, and when she went over, she saw that my aunt was lying on the bed and had fallen silent..."
Huo Huaixin gave a long "Yes", only to hear Xiuqin and Xiushu sweat profusely.
"So, you were the first to see Aunt Liu's death, Xiuqin?"
Xiuqin nodded, big drops of sweat dripped down her cheeks, Huo Huaixin looked at Xiuqin coldly with his eyes, and chuckled, "Is it you who was the first to see Aunt Liu's death?"
Xiuqin looked up at Huo Huaixin, gritted her teeth, and continued to nod, "It's the slave."
The smile on Huo Huaixin's face slowly dissipated, and his eyes suddenly turned cold, "Let me ask you again, when you first saw Aunt Liu this morning, was she like this?"
Xiuqin swallowed hard, her complexion turned even paler, her face became hesitant, she turned her eyes to look at Lin Shi, and seeing that Lin Shi lowered her eyes to not look at her, she nodded again, "Yes, my lord!"
Huo Huaixin narrowed his eyes, and suddenly sneered, "Dare to lie in front of His Royal Highness and this official, really don't know what the king's law is? Come on! Procrastinate, hit 30 big boards—"
Huo Huaixin's voice was very warm at the beginning, but now his complexion changed suddenly, and his voice was filled with thunderous anger. Immediately, Xiuqin's face turned pale with fright, "My lord! My lord! This servant did not lie... this servant really..."
Xiuqin couldn't make a sentence, she just looked at Lin as if begging for help, but Lin only held Jiang's arm tightly and didn't even look at her, Xiuqin burst into tears, "Your servant is wronged, my servant is not Lie, my lord... my lord, spare me!"
Just after shouting a few words, the yamen guard at the door had already entered, and dragged Xiuqin out without any explanation, a little girl like Xiuqin, how could she compare to the strength of two big men, she was like a struggling fish He had to be dragged to the door. It would be fine if the 30th board was beaten by the people of the Qin family, but this time it was beaten by the servants of the government office. These servants are all strong and strong men, and they are used to beating prisoners. If such thirty big boards fall, Xiuqin will be half disabled even if she doesn't die!
Xiuqin struggled with all her strength, and her miserable cries spread far away...
"Master Zhifu, please spare her."
Seeing that Xiuqin was about to be dragged out, Jiang who was holding the Buddhist beads in his hand suddenly sighed and opened his mouth.
Huo Huaixin smiled again when facing Mrs. Jiang, "Oh? What does the old lady say?"
Jiang looked at Huo Huaixin expressionlessly, his wrinkled face was full of decay and depression, only those muddy eyes still had a smear of lacquer light, "Master Zhifu's intention The old body understands, let her be spared, what the magistrate wants to know, just ask the old body..."
Huo Huaixin continued to smile, raised his hand and waved at the clerk at the door.
The yacha let go of Xiuqin, and Xiuqin burst into tears, kneeling on the ground suppressing her voice.
Huo Huaixin said, "Just now the office worker inspected Aunt Liu's body, and found that Aunt Liu was strangled to death when she was a child. After her death, Aunt Liu was lying on her side, but just an hour ago, she went to be killed by someone. People moved and lay down on their backs. In addition, Aunt Liu was wounded on her hands, but there was no trace of fighting or struggling in her room. No matter how you looked at it, it didn't look like she was killed in her bedroom. The maid said that she was the first to see Aunt Liu, and I suspect that when she first saw Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu might not be what she is now, what does the old lady think?"
Jiang's face was unmoved, Huo Huaixin's words settled down, and she didn't respond, just when Huo Huaixin thought she was going to speak again if she didn't answer, Jiang said in a deep voice, "Xiuqin, tell the truth. "
Xiuqin trembled when her name was called, "Old lady..."
Mrs. Jiang sighed, looked at Huo Huaixin and continued, "Master Zhifu, you are lying, I told her to say this, just because... just because Aunt Liu died in an unseemly way, and for the sake of the Qin family's reputation, I let her Lied."
After Mrs. Jiang said that, Qin Chen and Mrs. Lin beside him also sighed together.
Qin Chen also pursed his lips and said, "Mrs. Liu is very well-loved in the house, but my father has only been ill for more than half a month, and she actually went out of the yard in the middle of the night..." Qin Chen's face was full of embarrassment, and his voice stopped .
Huo Huaixin raised his eyebrows, and on this side, Xiuqin lay on the ground and said, "Return to the magistrate's words, slave girl... slave girl got up this morning, and went to the main room as usual to see if my aunt was up, but she opened the door, but she couldn't see her." The shadow of my aunt, the sky had just dawned at that time, the servant did not know where my aunt had gone, so she went out to look for her, the servant first went to the direction of the front yard, but before walking a few steps, two screams suddenly came from the direction of the east backyard. Shouting, the servant didn't hear the sound right, so she hurried back to look where the sound came from, and after looking at it, she found... only to find that Aunt Liu died under the flower shed in the east courtyard... "
After a pause, Xiuqin swallowed again, "Besides, at that time, Aunt Liu's clothes were disheveled and she looked very frightening. When she found out that Aunt Liu was a slave who cleaned the house, both the maidservant and her panicked. , the servant let her watch, and went to find Madam by herself, Madam then rushed over with the people around her, and then told the old lady, when the old lady came, she saw Aunt Liu's disheveled appearance, worried that the mansion would be troubled Rumor has it that Madam sent someone to report to the police, sent Auntie's body back to the yard, and changed her dress."
After Xiuqin finished speaking, she knelt down on the ground panting, sobbing and terrified.
Huo Huaixin heard this, and turned to look at Yan Chi. Yan Chi, who had been bored and gloomy all this time, let go of the bone pendant. He scanned the people around him, "So, you think Aunt Liu has something to do with others?" Rancai was killed?"
Qin Chen said in a deep voice, "Returning to Your Highness, mother and grandmother have described Aunt Liu's disheveled appearance, and she ran out of her yard alone in the middle of the night, which is an unethical act..."
Qin Chen looked distressed, "Although she is an aunt in the mansion, both father and mother have treated her very kindly. Now... Now that she is murdered, I feel sorry for her, but if she has an affair with others, the Qin mansion Where is your face?"
Huo Huaixin raised his eyebrows in embarrassment. What he said made sense. Although he was an aunt, he was also a member of Mr. Qin. If there was something really wrong, Mr. Qin's face would be dishonored, and others would say that the Qin family The family style is not strict.
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes, "I don't know if the old lady has anything to hide for the sake of the Qin family's reputation?"
Mrs. Jiang shook her head, lowered her eyes, "Don't dare, that's all I have. If the magistrate needs the clothes I changed at that time, I will send Xiuqin to the main room later."
Huo Huaixin nodded with a smile, "Whatever you want, the old lady believes in Buddhism, so she naturally has a compassionate heart, but if there is any concealment, it will not be conducive to the investigation of the case, and no matter what the reason for the man who killed Aunt Liu, he will treat the old lady and his wife As for the masters of the Qin family, they are all murderers, if he is not caught, you will be in danger, right?"
Mrs. Jiang nodded, "The magistrate is right."
Yan Chi couldn't bear to exchange greetings with the Qin family, and said directly, "Okay, everyone, step back first, since the government has started to investigate this case, it will definitely give an explanation to the Qin family, this initial concealment... Let's be different first Everyone cares."
Qin Chen hurriedly cupped his fists and bowed, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness, and thank you, Magistrate."
Huo Huaixin smiled and said, "Okay, I'm fine for the time being, and I understand what you're thinking, help the old lady to rest, and when all the servants in the inner courtyard finish their questions, they can go back to their own courtyard. "
Qin Chen bowed to Huo Huaixin again, and then helped Mrs. Jiang go out.
When Qin Chen went out, he glanced around and looked around for a few times but did not find Qin Wan's figure. He was a little suspicious in his heart, but he didn't want to ask any more questions. When he turned his head, he faintly heard the rumor from the side hall just now. Qin Wan's voice came, and Qin Chen looked at Jiang in surprise, "Grandmother, Ninth Sister..."
Jiang's eyes narrowed, "She doesn't know anything, Shizi Yan and Zhifu Huo value her because of Princess Taichang's face, let her go, it is also her blessing."
Qin Chen nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
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In the side hall, Qin Wan and Xu He came out from the side room.
Yan Chi looked at Qin Wan and said, "How? Is it consistent with your assumption?"
Qin Wan nodded, "It's almost the same. I took a closer look just now. The wounds on Aunt Liu's palms are mostly linear abrasions, and there are some tiny particles caught in the wounds. They must have been killed outside. Wait and see." Looking at the clothes and shoes Xiuqin sent over, there will be more clues on them, as for the autopsy, this time Xu Wuzuo should be able to do the autopsy alone."
Xu He quickly waved his hands when he heard this, "No, no, of course, Nine Girls are still going to do it..."
Qin Wan shook his head, "This time the inspection is very simple, you can try it yourself, you will definitely be able to do it, you can't ask me to come every time in the future, you are the assistant of the Jinzhou government office, and you will stand alone in the future."
When Xu He heard it, his heart became hot. He understood these reasons, but Qin Wan was here. He only felt that the autopsy in front of her was quite tricky, and he was even more afraid of delaying the progress of the investigation. As soon as Guan said, he immediately straightened his back, "Okay, let's give it a try, I have benefited a lot from watching Nine Miss's autopsy a few times before, if there is something wrong this time, I would like to ask Nine Girl to correct me teach..."
Qin Wan nodded, and Yanchi suddenly said, "Why don't you see the second son of the Qin family?"
Huo Huaixin shook his head and laughed, "The Second Young Master is also sick, and someone in the yard testified that he didn't come out last night, so he was asked to stay in his yard."
Yan Chi nodded, and Qin Wan thought about Qin Li for a while, and it seemed that he had nothing to do with Liu Shi, so he temporarily dispelled his doubts and looked at Yan Chi, "Your Highness, would you like to visit the flower shed?"
Yan Chi stood up, "Lead the way."
Seeing this, Huo Huaixin said, "Your Highness and Miss Nine will go and have a look first. I am waiting for Aunt Liu's dress and shoes. If there are more clues, I will send them to His Royal Highness next time."
Yan Chi nodded and looked at Qin Wan. Qin Wan turned and went out, leading Yan Chi to the flower shed.
Out of this side hall, go forward along the corridor, pass Liu's yard, turn two turns along the corridor, and you can see the shadow of the flower shed, and after walking a few feet, the whole flower shed will be covered. exposed.
Seeing this, Yan Chi frowned, "Why is it so messy?"
All the servants in the inner courtyard were taken for questioning, so that there was no one around the flower shed. Bai Feng and Fu Ling followed Yan Chi and walked to the flower shed together with a few servants. .
Yan Chi looked at a few yamen servants, "Look around here to see if there is anything suspicious, and then find a rope to surround the entire flower shed. Except for those who handle the case, no one else is allowed to approach."
Qin Wan's eyes lit up slightly when she saw Yan Chi, she only knew that Yan Chi had been on the battlefield for twelve years, but she didn't know that he also had two divisions in criminal and prison investigations.
The yamen servants obeyed the orders, while Yan Chi walked under the flower shed.
Qin Wan followed behind him, looking at the still messy center and said, "Your Highness looks so messy because there used to be a well here."
Yan Chi raised his eyebrows, "Well?"
Qin Wan nodded and followed Yan Chi to the flower shed.
It is said to be a flower shed, but this is just a pavilion that is empty on all sides. A roof was built to cover the well, and because there are corridors and flower gardens all around here. A wooden frame was nailed up and vines were planted, and now the vines are climbing up the frame, and it has just become a flower shed.
But last night, the old lady ordered the well to be sealed, and the well platform that was originally demolished has never been erected. Not only that, after the wellhead was filled, the ground has been leveled, but because it was too late last night, the part of the wellhead has not been greened. The stone slabs were covered, but something happened early this morning. At this moment, the mouth of the well in the shed is still covered with dirt, surrounded by wooden boards, ropes, bricks and stones, which looks very messy. How could Eighth Auntie come here at night
"There used to be a well here. These days, the Qin government is cleaning up the sludge in the well. The well was still being cleaned up yesterday, but... It's just that something happened yesterday. My sixth sister fell into the well. , She didn't know if she was frightened, she said she saw dead bones at the bottom of the well, and then the third aunt sent housekeeper Liu to investigate, and it turned out that it was just a dead branch with mud on it, the sixth sister had a false alarm, but there was a lot of trouble It’s not a small matter, the old lady invited the mage to come when she found out about this, the mage said that this well is quite unlucky and may cause other disasters, so he ordered the well to be filled.”
Qin Wan explained it to Yan Chi, and Yan Chi nodded, "I see."
Saying this, Yan Chi glanced at the flower shed, "At night, I'm afraid no one will come to this place, but it's considered clean, but if it's what the eldest son and the old lady mean, she's had an affair with someone else, It's still a bit sloppy to have a tryst here, once someone comes to this place, they will be seen, unless it's for a hasty meeting—"
The flower shed here can be entered and exited from the front and back, and the two sides are sealed by flower shelves. Yan Chi is standing behind the flower shelf, which has already faintly covered his figure. cover up.
However, just like what Yan Chi said, if Mrs. Liu came out to have a private meeting with others, why would she choose this place
Thinking about it this way, Qin Wan's eyes fell on the purple bamboo forest in the distance. This is already the east backyard. It is only ten feet away from the purple bamboo forest in the northeast. Pass through several corridors, walk to the end, and then go forward It is the Purple Bamboo Forest. If it is really an affair, it is better to choose this flower shed than to go to the Purple Bamboo Forest, unless Liu Shi just came out to meet someone for a short time.
"What are you looking at?"
To Qin Wan, Zizhu Forest is always the most mysterious place in this mansion, Qin Wan would think of going there unconsciously, she was naturally stunned when she saw it, Yan Chi's call made her Turn your mind.
"I'm thinking, if it's really an affair, I should go to a hidden place anyway. Although this place can be used as a hiding place at night, it's not concealed enough after all. And it's a serious crime to be found out about cheating."
Yan Chi followed Qin Wan and glanced in the direction of the purple bamboo forest, "It's better to go to the bamboo forest than here."
Qin Wan hesitated for a moment, and said, "The bamboo forest is a forbidden area in the mansion. Under normal circumstances, no one would dare to go there."
"Forbidden land?" Yan Chi's eyes were filled with interest. With his temperament, he didn't say that he couldn't help it. "How do you say it? Generally, forbidden places are always associated with Xinmi."
Qin Wan looked around, "Many years ago, an aunt in the house hanged herself in the woods..."
Yan Chi's eyes suddenly revealed that anyone who fell into the well would feel that the well was unlucky, not to mention Zizhulin had died, and the nobles always cared about the bad luck, as if the prosperity of the century-old clan depended on these to continue Yes, Yan Chi didn't quite agree with it in his heart, but he could understand it. He wanted to go to the forest to see it, but he shook his head and dismissed the idea.
"Master, I've checked all around, and there are no strange traces." After a while, Bai Feng walked over. The flower shed was surrounded by a few aunts' courtyards, and the closest ones were veranda flower beds and paths in the mansion. There is no place to hide things, and the murderer is naturally careful and careful, so it will not be so easy to find clues.
After Bai Feng finished speaking, Qin Wan on the other side had already squatted down. Under the flower shed, there were bluestone slabs that should not leave traces, but the mouth of the well was filled with soil. Qin Wan rolled up his sleeves and raised his hand in the Brushed on the soil surface.
"Although it looks messy here, the bluestone board seems to have been swept, and a thin layer of dry ash was swept over the soil surface." Qin Wan said, carefully brushing away the dry ash.
Yan Chi lowered his head, and saw Qin Wan's tender fingertips covered with mud at a glance. He frowned, and then he also squatted down, "You don't have to do these..."
After the words finished, Qin Wan didn't raise his head, "Since His Royal Highness trusts Qin Wan, Qin Wan naturally has to do something for His Royal Highness."
Yan Chi frowned, "You just help with the autopsy, these things are done by the yamen."
Qin Wan shook her head, "I also want to find the murderer as soon as possible. You don't have to be polite, my son. These trivial things are very trivial. Qin Wan will do it when he thinks of it. It doesn't hinder anything."
Yan Chi looked at Qin Wan, and inexplicably felt that her tone was heavy when she said this, but thinking about it again, Qin Wan seemed to be like this every time she pushed a case for autopsy, he sighed from the bottom of his heart, and said in his mouth, "I'm afraid It was the old lady of the Qin Mansion who let people clean it, and they did not know that there is no theory of innocence above the criminal law!"
Qin Wan also felt very helpless, and she also understood Jiang's thoughts, but such a deceitful trip full of loopholes was really absurd and ridiculous. What is annoying is that she really did this, but now many evidences and clues have been exposed. She accidentally destroyed it, which naturally added a lot of difficulty to finding out the truth!
"These seem to be footprints..."
The dry ash was blown away, and several traces of different shades on the soil surface were exposed.
But Qin Wan frowned, "These footprints cannot be accurately judged which is the last one left, because the well was closed last night, and it is very likely that they also stepped on this place when they moved Aunt Liu, so it is a bit confusing. .”
Yan Chi said quickly, "Later, the magistrate will call Xiuqin over, and let her tell her what it was like when she saw Aunt Liu, and then talk about what she did afterwards."
Qin Wan took another look at the deep and shallow footprints, and nodded.
Qin Wan glanced a few times, and began to look carefully at the flower shed. It was extremely difficult to leave marks on the bluestone boards, and even if there were, they were swept away, but not on the flower shelves beside him. Qin Wan looked carefully, and sure enough, he saw several There were various small wounds on the leaves of the vines, "Your Highness, please come and see—"
Yan Chi stood beside Qin Wan, and Qin Wan said, "The vines here have always grown very well, but His Highness, the scars on these leaves seem to have been caught, and here, the leaves are gone, and the flower vines are about to grow." Torn apart."
Yan Chi naturally also saw these traces, "Is this the trace left by Mrs. Liu's struggle when she was killed?"
Qin Wan nodded, "It's possible."
As soon as the words fell, Huo Huaixin walked over not far away with Xiuqin and Xiushu, accompanied by two yamen servants.
One of the yamen was holding a small bundle in his hand, presumably it was the clothes Liu Shi wore when he died.
Qin Wan squinted her eyes and walked to the entrance of the flower shed. Huo Huaixin strode forward and said, "Here you come, His Royal Highness, Miss Nine, Liu's clothes are here..."
Yan Chi nodded, looked at Xiuqin, "Tell me about the first time you saw Aunt Liu this morning."
Xiuqin's face was pale, her eyes were still red, "Yes, when the servant came over in the morning, the little slave in charge of cleaning stood outside the flower shed, and the broom in his hand fell to the ground in fright, the servant walked to the entrance of the flower shed Looking around, I was scared out of my wits... I saw, I saw my aunt lying in the middle of the flower shed on the left side, her eyes were wide open, her neck was tilted back strangely, that's it, that's it, sideways …”
As Xiuqin spoke, she gestured with her hands, and it was exactly what Qin Wan said.
"But on the left shoulder?"
Qin Wan asked, Xiuqin nodded wildly, "Exactly!"
Qin Wan beckoned to her, "Come here, tell me specifically, where is her head and feet."
Xiuqin walked into the flower shed and pointed to the soil in the middle, "Auntie's feet are a little outside here, her head is facing to the left, she is lying on her side on the ground, and on the ground, this servant clearly remembers that there is a Drag marks, from here to...here... "
Xiuqin made some gestures, from the filled well head to the place where Mrs. Liu finally lay.
Qin Wan glanced at Yan Chi. People in the Qin family didn't know that she would conduct an autopsy, so naturally she didn't want to ask more questions.
Yan Chi understood what she meant at a glance, and asked, "Your old lady said that her clothes are disheveled, how can you be so disheveled?"
Xiuqin clutched her cuffs nervously, "That's right, the skirt of the skirt is a little messy, and the front of the skirt is a little torn."
Yan Chi frowned, "That's all?"
Xiuqin shrank her neck and nodded, "That's right, it does look a bit indecent, but there's no... There's no half-clothed naked."
Here, Huo Huai said, "The old lady suspects that your aunt has an affair with outsiders, but you tell me, does your aunt have close friends with other men?"
Xiuqin's face trembled, and she shook her head in fear, "No, the aunt I saw, never had any entanglements with other men, it's just... It's just that my aunt doesn't like the servants waiting all the time, so sometimes the servants also I don't know."
Yan Chi asked again, "How did you clean up this place?"
Xiuqin lowered her head, "First move my aunt back to the yard and change her clothes, then...then the ground here is a little dirty, and some leaves have fallen off, the old lady asked the servants to clean up, so the soil on the ground and The ashes and leaves were swept away, and nothing else."
Yan Chi and Qin Wan looked at each other, and didn't ask any more questions. Huo Huaixin narrowed his eyes, seeing that Yan Chi and Qin Wan didn't ask any more questions, he looked at a servant next to him, "Take the two of them to Catcher Lin. , focus on interrogation."
These words frightened the two of Xiuqin's eyes to turn red, and followed the yamen's servant with fear on their faces.
As soon as the two of them left, Qin Wan went over and took the bag from the yamen chaperone. Opening the bag, he saw a pair of shoes and a water-red dress inside, which were almost exactly the same as the one on Liu's body that he saw just now. .
Qin Wan first shook the dress away, and when the dress was unfolded, a strong smell of powder came out. Qin Wan felt that it was very pungent. She looked carefully, and suddenly frowned, and saw the back of the dress There were dust stains on the waist, hips, and skirt, and the hips were still a little damaged. Qin Wan pursed his lips and looked down at the shoes again.
The toe is brand new, but looking at it now, the heel has been worn out, and there is a layer of soil on the shoe. Qin Wan turned to look at the soil surface at the mouth of the well, and it was exactly the same soil.
Qin Wan gave the burden to Huo Huaixin, "Now it can be basically concluded that Mrs. Liu was killed here."
As he said that, Qin Wan looked at Yan Chi and said, "The cause of her death was the strangle mark on her neck, and from the direction of the strangle mark, the murderer should have done it from behind, and the stain on her dress The mud breakage is also evidence of that."
Qin Wan walked out of the flower shed, "Last night, she came out of her yard and walked to the entrance of the flower shed..."
Qin Wan walked in, "After coming in, maybe I had a few words with the murderer, and then she turned to the right..." Qin Wan turned around, "At this moment, the murderer strangled her from behind, and she was dragged He took two steps back, and was finally dragged to the ground because he lost to the murderer, and then strangled to death."
Speaking of this, Qin Wan's brows twitched. At the beginning, Miss Jiu was strangled to death.
Yan Chi watched Qin Wan go through the scene when the crime happened. For some reason, this scene made him feel a little stuck, but Qin Wan turned around and frowned, "Who did she come to see? At that time, She should have taken a shower, washed and rested, but when she came out, she changed into new clothes, new shoes, makeup, and heavy balm."
Qin Wan said with a wry smile, "The more you talk, the more it looks like cheating..."
She turned around and walked to the left of the flower shed, "At that time, the murderer should be here... And these traces are also from the entrance to the left, eh..."
Qin Wan suddenly yelled, Yan Chi came over and said, "What's the matter?"
Qin Wan said casually, "The traces of the flower vines here are only about two feet away, but here, look..." Qin Wan quickly walked to the corner of the flower shed on the left, "The flowers and leaves in this place are a bit weird."
The traces left on the flower vines mentioned by Qin Wan just now are nothing more than the leaves being pulled off, the flower vines being torn off, or scratches left on the leaves, but at this moment in the corner in front of Qin Wan There are no obvious scars on the flowers and leaves, but there are large black marks on a few leaves.
"It seems to be crushed by something..."
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes, suddenly, he took a step forward and leaned towards the corner of the flower stand.
As he leaned over, his figure was hidden in the corner, but at the same time, the flowers and leaves on the flower shelf were pressed between him and the shelf, Qin Wan's eyes lit up, "That's it! Your Highness Although I didn't use force on purpose, but if I rely on it for a long time, the leaves will be crushed and turn black!"
"Before Mrs. Liu came, that person had already arrived." Yan Chi straightened up, "That person stood here for a long time in order to avoid it, so this leaf was crushed."
Qin Wan nodded, and suddenly said, "Could it be that that person is hiding here just to kill Mrs. Liu?"
Yan Chi looked at her and asked, "But why did Mrs. Liu attend the appointment?"
As soon as the words were settled, Huo Huaixin suddenly said "ah", Qin Wan and Yan Chi turned their eyes to look, and saw a handkerchief falling from Liu Shi's dress, Yan Chi and Qin Wan hurriedly step forward.
Huo Huaixin was also looking at the traces on the dress. He looked over and over again, and was very surprised to see a handkerchief suddenly fall off, "This thing... seems to be in the sleeve pocket..."
As he spoke, Huo Huaixin picked it up, looked at it, and then continued to put it back into Liu Shi's sleeve pocket.
It was a white towel handkerchief, made of silk, with a small willow leaf embroidered on one corner of the handkerchief, so that people could tell it was Liu's handkerchief at a glance, but the moment Huo Huaixin was about to put it into his sleeve pocket, His nose suddenly moved slightly.
"What smell is this..."
Qin Wan came over, quickly took the handkerchief and sniffed it, then frowned and said, "It seems to be the smell of sweat."
Yan Chi's phoenix eyes narrowed, "Sweat smell? How could it be sweat smell? She changed into a new dress and put on powder and balm, but the handkerchief she used smelled of sweat? Don't tell people, it's just a normal day. She won't let her kerchief smell bad."
Qin Wan's heart skipped a beat, "This is not her handkerchief!"
As soon as the words fell, Xu He's figure flashed out in the distance, "Ninth Miss..."
Xu He ran all the way, and came to several people out of breath, "His Royal Highness, Lord Zhifu, Nine Girls..."
Huo Huaixin looked at him, "Aren't you checking Liu's body?"
Xu He nodded, "That's right, the villain is examining Liu's body, but... but I have encountered a little situation right now, and I want to ask Nine Girls to go over and have a look, but I'm afraid I might make a mistake."
Qin Wan raised her eyebrows, "What's the situation?"
Xu He looked around, "It's inconvenient to say now, Miss Nine will follow me and have a look."
Qin Wan's heart sank slightly, and he followed Xu He to Liu's courtyard with a handkerchief. On the other side, Yan Chi and Huo Huaixin also followed, and the group hurried back to Liu's courtyard, and went straight to the main house .
"Ninth girl, I'm not sure, I have to let you see..."
The embarrassment and embarrassment on Xu He's face only filled Qin Wan with suspicion.
This time, Mrs. Liu was strangled to death, and the symptoms couldn't be more obvious. Because the cause of death was simple and Mrs. Liu's death was not long, she suggested Xu He to perform an autopsy. Unexpectedly, Xu He was still puzzled. After thinking about it, Wan thought that there was no need for an autopsy this time, so what is the point of confusion
Qin Wan didn't ask much, and went into the inner room after entering the main room. At this moment, the inner room has been used as a temporary place for autopsy. The moment he reached the door of the inner room, his footsteps stopped.
Xu He wondered beside him, "Ninth girl, look, is this..."
Qin Wan's eyes fell on Liu's half-exposed chest and thighs. At this moment, she finally understood why Liu had to apply layer after layer of makeup. She had thought of it a long time ago. The thick makeup was just to cover up the skin disease beside her, but she never thought it would be like this.
She stepped forward slowly, and as far as she could see, there were large areas of rash and ulcers on Liu's skin below her neck, especially on her chest, abdomen and thighs. Qin Wan gritted her teeth, her eyes were extremely cold.
Syphilis, Liu Shi and Qin Li got the same disease...