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Chapter 654 Terrible Inference
Because of the express regulations above, Jiang Yuan had no way to prevent Luo Chi and others from driving straight in, which also provided favorable conditions for Luo Chi to discover clues in the room of the royal patriarch.

"According to Jiang Yuan's statement, after the death of the patriarch, all the objects in the room have not been touched, and they have remained in the state before his death. But when I checked the scene, I found that the indoor chest of drawers had been moved. To be precise That is, the chest of drawers was moved twice, as if it had been moved by someone, and then moved back again, and there were signs of a poor position."

The items in the royal patriarch's room are neatly arranged and there is no dust in the room. Jiang Yuan said that although the royal patriarch has been living a single life, the room is never messy. He loves to be clean, and the room is usually spotless, so after his death Jiang Yuan tried his best to keep the room clean and tidy.It is really difficult to find clues in a very clean room, because even if there were clues, they may be erased by Jiang Yuan in the name of "filial piety".

But as an old criminal investigator, he still has professional sensitivity, so he discovered Ni Duan.The chest of drawers in the room is old, and the green lacquer leather has faded badly, but you can vaguely see the exquisite carving patterns on it, which are from the hands of old craftsmen, with great care in every stroke.Although the chest of drawers is old, it is not dirty, especially the countertop where the picture frame is placed is wiped clean.But Luo Chi's sharp eyes noticed that the chest of drawers had been moved by someone.

In order to fix the legs of the cabinet, iron corners are wrapped, and the positions are staggered by a few millimeters from the ground, which means that these few millimeters reveal a lot of information.Luo Chi found that there were scratches on the ground, like scratches caused by someone bumping into the chest of drawers and causing dislocation, and there was also a very small area of ​​dust between the legs of the chest of drawers and the ground, which should not be wiped off under the chest of drawers all year round. Places so dust falls.

Luo Chi ordered someone to remove the chest of drawers, and as expected, the scratch was completely visible once the chest of drawers was removed. The very long scratch conformed to the mechanical principle of impacting the chest of drawers.

"The scratches are new." Luo Chi took a sip of beer, threw a peanut into his mouth and said, "Through the on-site simulation and the force and angle of the impact on the cabinet, we can conclude that there should have been a dispute in the room at that time. It can even be said that the room of the royal patriarch was the first scene of the crime. So we checked the chest of drawers carefully, and as expected, we found some fibers and blood stains in the side cracks of the chest of drawers. We assume that the person who fought with the royal patriarch at that time If it is Jiang Yuan, then he must have tried his best to get the royal patriarch to go up the mountain. After careful investigation, we found that Jiang Yuan's shoes were brushed, but there was some dirt in the gaps in the soles. Of course, if he is not the murderer, The soil may be the common soil on the side of the road. In addition, we found a small blood stain on one of his coats. It has dried up and is about the same color as the cloth. If you don’t look carefully, you can’t see it. , we carefully took the fibrous tissue of the clothes, and now I have given all the items that need to be tested to the context."

Speaking of this, Luo Chi paused, frowned and thought for a long time, before saying, "What I can't figure out now is how the patriarch Wang was taken up the mountain and knocked out? Obviously you didn't find any corresponding injuries on the corpse."

"It's the Heavenly Soul Grass." Lu Beichen said lightly.

Luo Chi was taken aback, "What?"

Lu Beichen told Luo Chi about the laboratory's findings, and Luo Chi slapped his hands hard after hearing the words, "Then it's almost inseparable! If the results of the tests by the context belong to Jiang Yuan and the patriarch Wang , then the grandson of Jiang Yuan must be the murderer who killed the royal patriarch, in order to fake the suicide scene, he used the Heavenly Soul Grass for the royal patriarch, the purpose is to make him feel no pain even if he burns himself."

Outsiders rarely enter Xizhai, and the cause of death of the patriarch Wang is strange. In fact, Lu Beichen had suspected Jiang Yuan for a long time. He thought for a moment, "Then what is Jiang Yuan's motive for killing? For the position of the patriarch? But it turns out that the patriarch Wang intends to pass on his position For Jiang Yuan, so to sell the mountain? But in the end, the patriarch Wang agreed to sell the mountain, and Jiang Yuan can also get a share of it. Both points seem to make sense, but they don't seem to make sense."

Luo Chi chuckled, "I was also surprised at the time, thinking how filial Jiang Yuan is, he never disobeyed the king's patriarch, but often the truth is buried in hypocrisy. Dripping facts."

"It seems that you have found the reason." Lu Beichen also connived at him.

Luo Chi looked smug, "That is, my famous Detective Luo, even the slightest clue can't escape my eyes."

Lu Beichen pursed his lips and smiled slightly, without urging.

"Hey, you ask." Luo Chi poked him.

"Ask what?" Lu Beichen asked deliberately.

Luo Chi approached him, "Quickly ask me what I found and how I found it."

"I don't like to talk, the criminal investigation part is not my job." Lu Beichen wanted to leave after speaking.

Luo Chi stepped forward and hugged his arm, and said repeatedly, "Hey, don't go, you are already a father, why can't you learn how to cheer?"

Lu Beichen was very happy, and started to do it again. Luo Chi said in a hurry, "I found out one thing through the streets and alleys. It is said that Jiang Yuan's mother died when he was very young, and his father was often there. I was busy outside and didn't have time to take care of Jiang Yuan, so I was brought up by the head of the royal family. I heard that the head of the royal family wanted Jiang Yuan to be adopted under his name, because his wife couldn't give birth to him at that time, so he adopted him. Jiang Yuan was also thinking about someone's death in the future. He never thought that the daughter-in-law of the royal patriarch would be pregnant a year later. After the child was born, the royal patriarch would be very happy. Since then, Jiang Yuan has become a servant of the royal patriarch. The older ones take care of the younger ones, and if they don’t take good care of them, they may be reprimanded by the patriarch. Until the patriarch’s wife ran away and his son disappeared, and Jiangyuan’s father also had a mountain disaster in the spring of that year. He is dead, so the two are dependent on each other, but I heard from some villagers that the patriarch Wang still beats and scolds Jiang Yuan at every turn. It’s not like that, she’s always been known for being kind.”

After listening to these words, Lu Beichen found Ni Duan, "What does it mean that the patriarch's daughter-in-law ran away and his son disappeared?"

Luo Chi was very satisfied with this state of asking and answering, and cleared his throat, "Look, it's good to chat with smart people, and you can find the key to the problem right away. You know that the entire Xizhai and even the entire tribute are very important to the royal family. What is the reason for being so respectful?"

"Isn't it that the patriarch of Shanhong Wang led people to perform a sacrifice?" Lu Beichen narrowed his eyes slightly, "Could it be that there is another reason?"

"That's right, sacrificial ceremony is one aspect, but we have all overlooked an important point, that is, since it is a sacrifice, there must be something for sacrifice, you can't worship mountain ghosts empty-handed, right? Like pigs, sheep Cows or something." Speaking of this, Luo Chi was mysterious and lowered his voice, "But, the sacrificial offering used by the royal patriarch that year turned out to be a human!"

Lu Beichen was taken aback, and his heart suddenly turned cold, "His son?"

"Isn't it interesting that you can guess everything?" Luo Chi clicked his lips twice, then resumed his self-excited state, and continued, "Yes, it's his son. Back then, Shan Flood needed to worship the mountain ghost. It has been passed down from generation to generation that if you want the mountain ghost to protect the villagers from now on, you must learn to sacrifice first, and the sacrifice must be a boy under the age of 16. People are selfish, who can sacrifice their own son? But the royal patriarch did just that, he offered his son as a sacrifice, and exchanged his son's life for the future stability of Xizhai."

Lu Beichen frowned and said nothing.

"This matter is actually an open secret in the entire tribute. It's just that everyone keeps silent. After all, a child's life was sacrificed back then. I only got the news after many inquiries."

"That's not right." Lu Beichen said suddenly.

Luo Chi leaned on his head and stared at him, and said with a smile, "Tell me, let's see if the facts deduced by your powerful reasoning logic are consistent with what I have found."

"The royal patriarch did not advocate selling mountains before. If he insisted on doing so, it means that he is taboo to mountain ghosts. So even if he really took his own son's life to worship mountain ghosts, then we can also say that he has too much spiritual belief. But in fact? Before he died, he changed his mind and wanted to sell the mountain, so everything before could be overthrown.” Lu Beichen stared at Luo Chi, “Then I doubt why the wife of the royal patriarch would run?"

Luo Chi looked at him with great interest, and quickly answered his question, "I heard that he was beaten away by the royal patriarch."

"A woman who gave birth to a son for him has no credit but hard work. He beat his wife away, and used his son to worship the mountain ghost to win his position." Lu Beichen stared at Luo Chi and asked abruptly, "Is his son his own?"

Luo Chi leaned back and gave him a thumbs up, "Admiration, admiration. I heard from an insider back then that there was a time when the patriarch of the royal family always beat his wife, and passers-by would faintly hear the two of them mention their son's name." , it seems that they fought over the children, and then his wife couldn't bear it anymore, so she stole a large sum of money and ran away, and then the patriarch of the royal family took his son to worship the mountain ghost. I inferred the same as you, The son was not born to the royal patriarch, maybe his wife gave him a cuckold, so after he knew about it, he vented his anger on his wife all day long, so that he burned to death what he thought was a wicked son."

Lu Beichen slowly added, "Coincidentally, Jiang Yuan's father also had an accident, and since then Jiang Yuan has become the patriarch's venting bucket, so it can only show that the patriarch hates Jiang Yuan. It was Jiang Yuan's father, because the person who cuckolded him back then was Jiang Yuan's father."

"Therefore, the death of Jiang Yuan's father will not be an accident." Luo Chi said with certainty, "Maybe the head of the patriarch Wang thought it was a secret, but in fact Jiang Yuan may have known about it a long time ago, so, He has enough motivation to kill the royal patriarch! To avenge his father, to avenge himself, and to avenge his dead brother!"

(End of this chapter)