Chapter 369
Yang Qiuchi nodded: "It's totally possible. So what does this figure mean?"
Song Yun'er stared at Yang Qiuchi and shook her head.
Yang Qiuchi sighed and ordered Peng Laoqi to be brought up, explaining to him that his criminal suspect had been ruled out and released. Peng Laoqi was naturally grateful and kowtowed repeatedly, thanking him for his gratitude. Then he retreated.
As for Xie Deshun, although he failed to succeed, he had violated the law of the king and had to be punished according to the law. Therefore, he was still detained.
Yang Qiuchi and Song Yuner thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a name. After a busy afternoon, all the clues were broken, and both of them were very depressed. The sky was getting darker.
Nangong Xiong came in with two people. Yang Qiuchi looked up and saw that it was Master Jin and the captain Zhan Zheng. The two bowed to Yang Qiuchi and reported that the constable from the yamen had arrived and were waiting downstairs.
Yang Qiuchi asked them to sit down, talked about the two cases, and then asked them to see the pattern next to Chunhong's corpse. He asked them to analyze what Chunhong was painting.
The two of them studied for a long time and said that it might be the surname with the radical as the mouth, and they couldn't think of other possibilities.
Master Jin carefully looked at the shoe prints on the ground and said, "Sir, do you need to check these footprints?" He has been following Yang Qiuchi for so long and also knows some Yang Qiuchi's detective skills.
Yang Qiuchi shook his head: "These should be left when the turtle men in Chunlou found Chunhong dead after they came in to check..." Speaking of this, Yang Qiuchi suddenly stopped, concentrating on his mind for a while, and his eyes lit up: "Yes, why must they be left when they came in? Why can't the murderer leave behind after killing someone and stepping on blood!"
Several people looked at each other and didn't know what Yang Qiuchi was talking to himself.
Yang Qiuchi walked to the window and touched his chin for a moment. It was unlikely that the murderer would leave from the front after committing the crime, because he had to pass the lobby and was worried that he might be seen by others. So it was very likely that he left the ground through the back window. Although the murderer stepped on blood, he discovered it in time, took off his shoes and fled, so that no other shoe prints would be left!
Therefore, there may be footprints of the murderer in those bloody footprints!
When the most likely becomes impossible, the unlikely possibility becomes the most likely. Now we need to check these unlikely possibilities - analyze the ground blood footprints left on the scene!
In order to prevent the net from leaking, Yang Qiuchi ordered Zhan Zheng to immediately bring the constable to collect all the shoes of all 32 people in the garden. He took them to the scene to compare the bloody footprints on the scene. The focus was on comparing the shoes of people who had been to the scene at that time.
Several lanterns were lit in the room, and after comparing them one by one, Yang Qiuchi pointed to a bloody footprint on the floor and said, "This footprint is probably left by the murderer!"
Song Yuner, Master Jin and Zhan Zheng hurriedly surrounded him and looked at him. Song Yuner asked in surprise and joy: "How did you know?"
"All the blood footprints on the floor were found, and these people have evidence of being absent during the fifth anniversary." Yang Qiuchi pointed to a large pile of shoes next to him and said, "No one of the shoes is the same as the blood footprint on the floor. Therefore, this blood footprint was not left by the locals in the garden, so it is likely that it was the murderer!"
Song Yuner said, "Can't the shoes be missed and not extracted? The shoes that were not extracted happen to be printed by this shoe."
Yang Qiuchi turned to look at Zhan Zheng, and Zhan Zheng hurriedly said, "No, we have searched carefully. All the shoes in this garden are here, and even the shoes on their feet are pulled down. The madam, the girl and the others are barefoot now."
Song Yuner smiled: "I know you are serious, I just said there is such a possibility."
Yang Qiuchi said: "There is this possibility. But the possibility is very small. Didn't I say that we should start from the most likely place, not the other way around."
Song Yuner said oh, and said, "That's not right. We're not analyzing it. Should the murderer be the person in this garden?"
"That's just the biggest possibility," said Yang Qiuchi. "Now that the biggest possibility has become impossible after investigation, we must start to investigate those possibilities that were originally determined to be unlikely. This possibility is that the murderer comes from outside the garden."
"From outside the garden?" Song Yuner had a bitter face, "The outside the garden is the entire Enyang Town and even the entire Bazhou, how can I check it!"
Yang Qiuchi touched his chin and pondered for a while. After he found this clue, the corresponding detection plan was quickly formed and ordered: "There are only two possible ways for outsiders to enter Lichun Garden to kill people. One is to pass the gate and the other is to climb into the wall. Yun'er, you are the best at entering the wall. Go and check the outer wall of Lichun Garden to see if there are any traces of climbing and climbing into the ground. I will interrogate the old man Long who is watching the gate."
Yang Qiuchi said that Song Yuner was the most proficient in overtaking the wall. If it were someone else, it would be a derogatory meaning. If it was someone else, it would be a compliment because she was most proud of her flying eaves and walls. She nodded and smiled and went out.
Yang Qiuchi ordered Zhan Zheng to take the constables to investigate Peng Si's case first, and find the local area to conduct an investigation and visit, to see if Peng Si had fought with someone a month ago or whether he had been hit hard in the head.
Then, Yang Qiuchi ordered Nangong Xiong to bring the old man Long who was guarding the Li Chunyuan.
Old Man Long is in his fifties and has a strong body. He looks honest and honest. After coming in, he looked at the blood and Chunhong on the floor covered with white cloth and his bloody face. He was immediately scared and trembled. He lowered his head and walked to the temporary lobby and kowtowed.
Yang Qiuchi said, "Raise your head."
Old Man Long slowly raised his head. Although his face was facing Yang Qiuchi, he could not look directly at the master's land according to the rules, so he still lowered his eyes.
Yang Qiuchi asked, "Old Man Long, when I sent someone to investigate, you said that no one has come in the garden, right?"
"Reply to the master's words: No one has ever come in." Old Man Long's voice trembled slightly, not knowing whether he was afraid of the officials or his heart was scared.
"Hmph!" Yang Qiuchi didn't say anything and stared at Old Man Long with a sneer.
Old Man Long didn't hear Yang Qiuchi's question for a long time. He raised his eyes slightly and looked at him. He was shocked when he saw Yang Qiuchi's cold gaze. He hurriedly lowered his eyes: "Little man... Everything the villain said is true."
Yang Qiuchi said, "You just entered the door, have you ever seen bloody footprints on the floor?"
The room was brightly lit and bright as daylight. Of course, Old Man Long saw the bloody footprints on the ground. He hurriedly said, "Yes, the villain saw it."
"Tell you, I have compared the bloody footprints on the scene. One of the shoe prints was not left by people in the garden. It means that someone must have come in last night. Hehe, what are you going to explain?"
Old Man Long's forehead was already sweating, and he looked at the bloody murder scene next to him. At this moment, he heard a loud "bang!" sound of the gavel, which scared Old Man Long to tremble. Yang Qiuchi shouted: "You dare to deceive me, but you still don't tell me honestly. Do you really want me to be punished!"
Old Man Long crawled on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly, and said tremblingly: "Master, villain... villain has been called."
"Speak quickly!"
"Yes... someone has come in."
"Who?" Yang Qiuchi suppressed his inner joy and leaned out and asked.
"Yes... it's Cuihuan, the maid in Mr. Peng's house."
"What? Mr. Peng's wife, Shui Wanqi's maid Cuihuan?" Yang Qiuchi was shocked. The suspect was Shui Wanqi's close maid Cuihuan. Then he immediately thought of the symbol that Chunhong drew before her death. His eyes lit up. Yes, the round and square pattern is just a circle, but it is not drawn in a coma!
The word Cuihuan needs to be written out, which is impossible for Chunhong, who is seriously injured and about to die. So she drew a circle to indicate that the murderer was related to the circle. Isn’t Cuihuan the emerald green circle? Haha, it turns out that the murderer was actually Shui Wanqi’s close maid Cuihuan!
Yang Qiuchi was overjoyed. This was really a place to search for without any effort, hahaha.
But Yang Qiuchi only laughed a few times and realized something was wrong. Cui Huan was a woman and could not do that with Chunhong. Obviously, it was impossible for Xie Deshun to be the person who was doing business with Chunhong on the bed, nor could it be the person who left semen in Chunhong's body.
Yang Qiuchi frowned and thought, if Cui Huan was the murderer, who was the man who left semen in Chunhong's body?
There are two possibilities: First, this man, like Xie Deshun, was stealing food in the garden, but he was very cunning and could not find out. He arrived before Cuihuan and took advantage of Chunhong's sleep when he was sleeping and left the matter. Then Cuihuan came to kill Chunhong.
Secondly, the man and Cuihuan were in the same group. The man first raped Chunhong and then killed Chunhong. Since Cuihuan was the maid of the Peng family and Chunhong was the concubine who had already been married to the seventh master of the Peng family. The two should know each other.
So before Chunhong died, she recognized Cuihuan and then drew the ring to remind the murderer.
Yang Qiuchi thought about this festival and asked, "When did Cuihuan come? What are you doing?"
"It seems to be the hour of Yin or Mao, it's not dawn yet. She's here... she's here..." Old Man Long stuttered and couldn't explain clearly.
Chapter completed!