Yan Yan Yugui

Chapter 69 Live
The location of the murder was a private house on Taiping Street in Xicheng.

As soon as Xiao Qian and others arrived, the policeman in charge of the front station stepped forward to report the situation.

"My lord, this family is named Meng. There are seven members of the family. Two elders, a son, a daughter-in-law, a grandson, and two granddaughters are all dead."

"Identity, what do you do for a living?" Xiao Qian asked as he walked in with a cold expression.

"According to the neighbors, the old man's hands are disabled and he can't do the work. The old woman and daughter-in-law help people wash clothes and do some embroidery work to supplement the family income. Their son Meng Chao is the main labor force in the family and the guard of Dinghuai Gate."

Lin Yanyan could smell the smell of blood from outside, and the smell of blood became stronger when he entered the yard.

"There is only one entrance to this house. The old couple live in the main room. Meng Chao, his wife and three children live in the west wing. Xu Yuzuo is in the west wing right now."

Xiao Qian went to the West Chamber first, and as soon as he entered, he saw a middle-aged man lying in a pool of blood with many blood holes on his body.Everyone carefully avoided the bloodstains, and went to the next room, the situation inside was even more appalling.

One child was lying on the ground, and two more died on the bed, with blood all over the bed.

"vomit……"

Lu Zhaonan had never seen such a bloody scene, his stomach was overwhelmed for a while, he covered his mouth and ran out to vomit.

Xu Wuzuo stopped what he was doing and went forward to salute: "My lord, the two children on the bed were the youngest. Their throats were cut and they died. There were blood splatters on the bedding and the tent. The other child was stabbed through the heart and died on the spot. Meng Chao His wife, Yue Shi, died in his own room with a knife in the abdomen. Only Meng Chao had fought with the murderer, escaped from the bedroom, and was assassinated in the middle hall. The old couple in the main room must have heard the movement and got up to check. Killed in the central hall of the main room...the murder should have happened around the end of You hour last night."

"What is the murder weapon?"

"Knife, and it's a sharp knife for killing pigs."

Xiao Qian frowned: "Are you sure?"

Xu Wu made a serious expression: "From the point of view of the wound, the murder weapon is about one foot long, and the widest point is six inches. It is cut on one side. It is a butcher's knife."

Xiao Qian gave Lin Yanyan a wink, Lin Yanyan understood and went up to examine the corpse.

If it were another person, Xu Wuzuo might be unhappy, but he is also an old Wuzuo who has been working for more than 30 years. I didn't dare to be unhappy, but I was a little worried that I might miss something.

After a while, Lin Yanyan finished the inspection and nodded towards Xiao Qian. Xu Yuzuo's judgment on the murder weapon was correct.

"Xu Wuzuo, you and Mr. Zhen will examine carefully to see if there are any new discoveries." Xiao Qian looked at the corpses of the children with an extremely heavy heart. The murderer even spared the unarmed children, it was simply devoid of conscience.

"Yes."

When Xiao Qian went outside, Lu Zhaonan was still squatting in the corner and vomited.

But right now he was not in the mood to laugh at Lu Zhaonan, in fact he also wanted to vomit, afraid of losing face, he just held it back.

"My lord, I have checked the door. There is no sign of damage to the gate. The murderer must have climbed over the wall. Footprints were left on the corner of the wall. Judging from the footprints, the murderer is about six feet seven inches tall (this is a reference to the period of the Southern Dynasties. size, one foot is 25.8 centimeters), the house was turned into a mess, the money box was empty, and valuables were gone.” Guan Sheng came to report.

Burglary was discovered by the owner, so the thief killed him?
Xiao Qian raised his eyes and looked around, the old house, the old furniture, just now he saw that the Meng family was wearing homemade cloth of ordinary people, and Meng Chao was the only one working in the Meng family, such a family had nothing to steal!
But it's hard to say, it depends on further investigation.

"Who was the first to discover the murder?"

"It's Old Zhang who makes steamed buns nearby, waiting for the adults to ask questions."

Xiao Qian patted Lu Zhaonan on the shoulder: "If you can't stand it, go back first."

Lu Zhaonan didn't even eat breakfast, all he vomited was clear water, he was so uncomfortable that he was really embarrassed, if he went home like this, he would be laughed at by Xiao Qian for the rest of his life.

"I'm fine, mainly because I didn't eat breakfast." Lu Zhaonan cheered up.

Xiao Qian didn't expose him, if he had breakfast, he might vomit more.

"Then go visit the neighborhood and ask how the family's relationship with the neighbors is, whether there have been any conflicts with others recently, or any abnormal conditions."

"I'll go right away." Lu Zhaonan was eager to get out of here quickly.

"Guan Sheng, take your two brothers to Dinghuai Gate and ask Meng Chao's colleagues about the situation. The more detailed the better."

"Yes, I'll go now, humble job."

An hour later, everyone returned to the yamen and sat down to check the clues.

Xiao Qian asked Lin Yanyan to speak first.

Lin Yanyan said: "Meng Chao had fifteen stab wounds on his body. Meng Chao's wife, Yue Shi, was stabbed in the heart... Xu Wu and I deduced that the murderer sneaked into the Meng family and went straight to the bedroom of Meng Chao and his wife. Before he even had time to put it on, he was stabbed by the murderer and fell down in front of the bed. Meng Chao realized that something was wrong and jumped out of bed to fight the murderer, but he was stabbed in the left chest when he met him. Meng Chao ran away with injuries and was killed by the murderer. He was caught up, and he was stabbed in the left back first, then he was strangled by the other party's arms, stabbed thirteen times in the back, and fell to the ground. At this time, Meng Chao's seven-year-old daughter heard the movement from the south When he came out, he saw his father being killed. He turned around and wanted to run, but was caught up by the murderer. He stabbed him heartily. The murderer found that there were two children on the bed, and cut the throats of both children without stopping. The lights in the house were on, which can be seen from the burned out candles, the main house was lit that night, and the candles went out after they were burned out, so the murderer killed the two old people again."

"Judging from the wounds of the deceased, all the stab wounds were inserted from the left obliquely, and the throat cut was deep on the right and shallow on the left. It can be inferred that the murderer was left-handed."

"I have another doubt. There are only two shoe prints found in the corner of the wall, one on the left and one on the right. They are very clear, which is consistent with the traces caused by jumping into the wall. However, there has been no rain in the capital recently, and the ground is dry. There may be only one pair of footprints left. I have tried, and after the soles are stained with dust, there will be at least three or four pairs of recognizable footprints. Therefore, there is reason to suspect that this pair of footprints is suspicious... For the time being, I will say that These, I will add when I think of it.”

Guan Sheng was secretly surprised, Miss Lin was too meticulous!The brother under his hand found the footprints and was busy judging the murderer's height and weight from the footprints, never thinking that the pair of footprints appeared to be reasonable.

After hearing this, Xiao Qian only felt his head grow bigger. According to what Lin Yanyan said, the murderer's height judged from the footprints cannot be counted, and even the inference of burglary will be overturned.The footprints are fake, why do you have to fake them?It may be to cover up the way he entered the house, and more likely to cover up his real height.A murderer breaks into a house late at night and even brings a pair of shoes as a false testimony. That is a purposeful murder.

(End of this chapter)