Detective in the Red Chamber

But it turned out that the bony spurs and grooves at the fracture did not look unusual at first glance, but if you rubbed them carefully, you would find that they were a bit too round, especially the inside of those grooves, which were really not natural. break!

"That's right!"

Sun Shaozong said in a deep voice, "Not only that, but some muscles were concealed from the severed limb, making the fracture a circle thinner than the original, and it became a tight fit with the fracture below - so if you don't observe carefully, it is difficult It turns out that this arm has actually been cut off a section that is as wide as a finger!"

When Shen Tan, Zhou Da and the others heard this, they couldn't help but gasp, they both lamented the murderer's ghostly thoughts, and marveled at Sun Shaozong's sharp eyes.

However, after Wang Gaosheng got excited, he couldn't help but have some doubts. He wondered, "It took so much trouble to hide that this woman was once tied up—is it a little too cautious?"

"The murderer must have more than that to hide!" Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "It's just that based on the evidence we've found so far, it's impossible to deduce what he really wants to hide."

As he said that, he turned his head and said to Shen Dan, "Cheng Shen, the cellar in the backyard of Hu Tuhu's house, I have also carefully inspected it. It is okay to hide a person in it for a short time, but if it exceeds half a day, I am afraid that I will die of suffocation!"

"Not to mention that his butcher shop employs two men, and neighbors often come and go in the backyard, so there is no way to hide this woman."

"If he was imprisoning the woman elsewhere, at the worst, he could just throw away the body on the spot. There is no need to bother and take the body home to bury it."

"As for Zhou Liang, he and his wife lived in a large courtyard, and there was no fence around them. They would definitely not be able to hide from other people's eyes and ears, let alone the possibility of long-term detention of the dead."

"According to my inference, Zhou Liang probably met the murderer who wanted to bury the head by accident on his way home. Maybe the murderer deliberately planted the frame, or maybe there was an accident that made Zhou Liang mistake the head for I picked up the pork and took it home."

"Afterwards, the murderer just kept going and buried all the remaining body parts in the wasteland outside the back wall of Hu Butcher's house, intending to blame them, Weng and his son-in-law."

That Shen Tan listened obediently, but looking at it, he was obviously still a little confused, but Zhou Da who was at the side reacted a little faster, and blurted out, "In this way, the murderer should know the son-in-law of Hu Tuhu, and it is very possible Just live between the two!"

"That's right!"

Sun Shaozong affirmed his conjecture, but he couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pity that Butcher Hu and his son-in-law's house are separated by more than half of the east city, and the range is still too big - to find the murderer, I am afraid that more people will be needed." Just the clues."

Speaking of this, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but glared at Shen Dan again, if it wasn't for the foolish magistrate who delayed the best time to solve the case, it wouldn't be...

"My lord, my lord! Look at what this is?!"

At this moment, Wang Gaosheng happily entrusted something to Sun Shaozong.

Sun Shaozong took a closer look, but it was a small wooden thorn stained with blood, about the length of a fingernail and the thickness of a matchstick.

Because the door panel for carrying the corpse was a little messy, when Sun Shaozong inspected the corpse just now, he also found several similar wood thorns and sawdust—but since Wang Gaosheng presented the treasure so solemnly, it must not have fallen from the door panel Sawdust is as simple as that.

So Sun Shaozong carefully twisted the wooden thorn, put it under his eyelids to observe carefully for a while, and then twisted it with his thumb and index finger, his eyes suddenly burst into dazzling look!

Immediately, he grabbed Wang Gaosheng and asked, "Where did you find this thing?!"

Wang Gaosheng hurriedly said, "In the broken thigh of the corpse, I wanted to check how much meat the murderer had cut, but I accidentally touched this wooden thorn!"

"Then it shouldn't be a mistake—it really is Skynet's sloppiness!"

Sun Shaozong sighed, and immediately ordered, "Cheng Shen, you should immediately send someone to find out, among the well-known carpenters in the east of the city, there are those who have lived alone for a long time."

"Your Majesty, let's do it!"

After Shen Tan took the order to leave, Zhou Da was still a little puzzled, he leaned forward to look at the wooden thorn curiously, and asked, "My lord, how can you conclude that the murderer is a famous man just based on this small wooden thorn?" carpenter?"

"The color, density, and pattern of this wood can be seen as high-quality wood at a glance. Wood of this quality, let alone an ordinary person, even an ordinary carpenter would not dare to concoct it wantonly-but look at this The wooden thorns are triangular in shape, with two slashes in the front and one slash in the back, the lines are extremely smooth, the person who did it is obviously used to dealing with precious wood!"

"That's why I concluded that the murderer must be a famous master carpenter!"

After these few words, Shen Tan led a young yamen servant back to the inner hall and introduced to Sun Shaozong, "My lord, this Li Sanbiao's father is the most famous old carpenter in Dongcheng. Can't hide it from his family."

Then Li Sanbiao had obviously got an explanation, and before Sun Shaozong asked, he bowed and said, "Master, it is not difficult for any well-known craftsman to find a wife. This Dongcheng has a name, a surname, and For a carpenter who has not married a wife, I am afraid that the only wooden man Zhang will be!"

"Wooden Zhang?"

"That's right, because he is good at carving all kinds of portraits and Buddha statues, that's why he got such a nickname—this wooden figurine's face was scalded when he was a child, and he can scare people during the day, so no girl from that family wants to follow him." he."

Since he looks so frightening, no one would dare to disturb her at ordinary times - in this way, there will be more chances to commit crimes!

Sun Shaozong hurriedly said, "Do you know where the wooden man Zhang's family lives?"

"This one……"

Li Sanbiao scratched his head and said, "He should not be at home now."

"what?!"

Shen Tan yelled in surprise, "That guy has already fled in fear of crime?!"

"No no no!"

Li Sanbiao hurriedly explained, "Actually, the big families in the city are vying to build some kind of other courtyard recently, but all craftsmen with some skills have been recruited! He seems to have gone..."

As he spoke, he frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands and said, "By the way, I went to work at Jia's house in Rongguo Mansion!"

Chapter 63

It would be fine if the wooden man Zhang was at the side, but the left and right only asked Shen Tan to issue a "signature order" and take the messenger to arrest and bring the case.

But since he was hired by Jia's mansion, because of the reason, Sun Shaozong should go to inform him first, so as not to get the name of being defiant and nostalgic.

So he immediately ordered the troops to divide into two groups, one led by Shen Tan and Zhou Da, went to the house of the 'wooden man Zhang' to search for evidence;

Speechless all the way.

When he arrived at the gate of the Rongguo Mansion, before Sun Shaozong got off his horse, two disciples greeted him courteously, and congratulated him without a word, as if he had heard about the "Imperial Bullfighting Clothes".

Although he was a bit puzzled, why did the Jia family get the news from the palace so quickly, but how could Sun Shaozong have the time to inquire about this at this time?

So he took out seven or eight taels of silver from his bosom, casually threw it to the two doormen, and asked, "Is Lian's second brother in the mansion now? I have a public case right now, and I want to discuss it with him!"

If someone else brought a few yamen servants and said that they wanted to discuss some "public case", the two sects would have to put on the posture of a slave, and go over the table carefully first.

But Sun Shaozong is famous now, and has a close relationship with the second master and the second master in this mansion. The two disciples did not dare to inquire about anything casually, so they just led him to the living room in the west wing, and at the same time sent out their hands to find Jia Lian. .

However, it is said that Wang Xifeng has been so busy all day long because she presides over the construction of the provincial hospital, which gave Jia Lian some "freedom".

That day he coaxed and deceived the second daughter-in-law Bao into the study, and only took a moment to peel the second daughter-in-law Bao into a white sheep. He saw that although her appearance and figure were not as good as Wang Xifeng's, she looked rather weak. She was so obsessive, so she couldn't control the restlessness in her heart.

For a while, he didn't care about going to any other room, so he laid Bao Er's daughter-in-law horizontally on the desk, and then picked up a few "Analects of Confucius" and "Book of Rites", and raised her white as powder and greasy as pearls. From a high stand, it is time to follow the teachings of the sage Confucius, and there will be a fierce battle of "food, sex and sex".

"Second Master, Second Master!"

At this moment, Xing'er, who was listening to the wind outside, suddenly yelled, and Jia Lian trembled in shock, and the tip of the gun almost fell on Bao Er's wife's buttocks.

But he didn't care about screaming for pain, he just wrapped his clothes around his body indiscriminately, and asked in panic, "What's the matter? Could it be that the second grandma has arrived?!"

"It's not."

I only heard Xing'er reply from outside, "Just now someone sent a message in front that the second master of the Sun family came to see him."

When Jia Lian heard this, she felt relieved, and turned to look at Bao Er's daughter-in-law, who was holding her skirt and jacket half-covered in the spring, and felt a burst of false anger in her stomach.

So he snatched the skirt and jacket with his hands, threw it on the ground without hesitation, and said in his mouth, "Erlang is not an outsider, just say that I have something important to do here and can't leave, let him wait for a while!"

While speaking, he mounted his horse with his gun in hand, pushed his hips and hips.

"Second Master."

But Na Xing'er yelled again, "I'm afraid it won't work! I heard from the disciples that the second master of the Sun family brought a few yamen servants, and said that he has some important business case. Look..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Bao's second daughter-in-law screaming incessantly, and his mother-in-law's yelling, which 'drove' his words to the sky.

Xing'er stomped anxiously outside, but knew that Jia Lian was interested and might not be able to get away for a while, so he had to call Long'er to watch the wind here instead, and then went to the front hall to ask Sun Shaozong to explain.

When I arrived at the front hall, I saw Sun Shaozong sitting there in bright yellow, showing a bit of calmness and prestige. Xing'er restrained his usual casualness, stepped forward and said respectfully, "Second Master Sun, our master has some It's an important matter, if you can't get away for a while, let the little one come over and explain, and ask you to wait here for a while."

If there is no business, it's okay for Sun Shaozong to wait for the first class, but the people of Jia's mansion talk a lot, if the 'wooden man Zhang' hears the wind and escapes, it will be a big trouble.

So Sun Shaozong said, "Please go back and report again, and say that one of the carpenters hired by the house is suspected of killing and dismembering the body. I am eager to arrest him. I really can't delay——If the second brother Lian can't get away body, please ask him to speak and ask the stewards in the house to cooperate."

As soon as Xing'er heard the word 'murder to pieces', the hairs all over stood on end, how dare he rap here?

Busy and running wildly, he ran towards Jia Lian's inner study.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked into the backyard along the sidewalk, he heard someone yelling and cursing from the corner, "Xing'er, are you blind?! How dare you barge in like this in front of Second Mistress!"

Xing'er stopped in a hurry, followed the sound, and saw Jia Lian's concubine Ping'er not far away, staring at her with her slender waist crossed - and behind her was surrounded by a dozen maids and women, But who else could it be if it wasn't the mistress Wang Xifeng?

Pain too!

Seeing that Wang Xifeng's pretty face was full of anger, Xing'er's two legs suddenly softened, and he almost knelt down directly, and took everything.

Fortunately, he was still a little quick-witted, and after a moment's delay, he thought of a way to cover up.

So he quickly put on a happy face, bowed and said, "Sister Ping'er, the second master of the Sun family has just arrived at the mansion and said that there is a demon king who kills and dismembers corpses among the carpenters we hired! I am going to report to the second master. Coincidentally met..."

"what?!"

Not to mention that Ping'er was taken aback, even Wang Xifeng's face changed a little, and she didn't care about putting on the mistress' airs, so she hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Is there really such a thing?!"

Seeing that her attention was completely attracted by this matter, Xing'er breathed a sigh of relief, so he said emphatically, "Back to the second grandma, the second grandpa is wearing a bullfight suit, and he brought a few wolves and tigers with him." I think there will be no fakes!"

Wang Xifeng just asked this casually. In fact, when she heard the words 'Sun Jia Erlang', she already believed it [-]% in her heart.

Thinking that such a murderous demon king had sneaked into her home, she was both scared and angry, and she couldn't help but stumbled and cursed, "This is the plague-stricken fourth brother Qin, I kindly entrusted him with the errand, why did he attract such a murderer?" Scourge?!"

As he spoke, he ordered vigorously, "Go and find Steward Zhou, and ask him to accompany Sun Erlang to the backyard to fetch someone—if Erlang has any orders, just follow them!"

Xing'er took the order and went away like a gust of wind.

However, Wang Xifeng complained to Ping'er again, but a thought suddenly popped up in her heart--recently, she had heard so many stories about Sun Shaozong's wisdom solving strange cases, and now this "legendary story" It happened in my own courtyard, wouldn't it be a pity if I didn't go and see it with my own eyes?

Thinking like this, Wang Xifeng ordered, "Go and invite grandma over, and tell me that I have some rare things here, and I want to share them with her!"

Chapter 64 Demonstrating God's Power

Sun Shaozong took a stroll in the garden of Jia She in the East Chamber that day, and he already felt that it was very extravagant——however, he followed Zhou Rui, the chief steward of the Rongguo Mansion, into this "family home" and found that he was missing after all. experience.

Not to mention the superior scenery and decoration, the area alone is more than ten times larger than Jia She's garden!

In particular, the two rockeries in the middle, facing each other across a pool of clear spring, are at least forty meters high by visual inspection!

Sun Shaozong was speechless, not to mention a few yamen servants, their eyes were wide open, and they had already left the official business out of the blue.

On the other hand, Zhou Rui had long been used to these exquisite things, and when he entered the courtyard, he called a servant of Jia's mansion who was acting as a supervisor first, and asked anxiously, "Have you seen Fourth Master Qin from the third room?"

The young man hurriedly pointed to the top of the opposite mountain, and said, "The pavilion on Dongfu Mountain is about to 'stand up' again, Fourth Lord Qin is probably staring at it."

Zhou Rui looked around for a few times following his instructions, probably feeling that he was too far away and too lazy to look for Jia Qin, so he asked again, "Among the carpenters we invited, is there a 'Wooden Man Zhang'?" ?”

Sun Shaozong saw the young servant's face full of confusion, and hurriedly added, "This wooden man Zhang was burned on his face when he was a child, so he has scars on his face."

The supervisor boy suddenly realized, he slapped his thigh and shouted, "Who am I, it turned out to be that stubborn donkey!"

Immediately, he stretched out his hand again and pointed to the rockery in the distance, and said, "He carved the pattern on the pillar. It is estimated that it is waiting on the mountain for Fourth Master Qin's acceptance."

Zhou Rui was speechless for a while, so he turned his head and smiled wryly at Sun Shaozong, "Second Master Sun, I'm afraid I can only trouble a few of you, so I'll follow you down the mountain."

Sun Shaozong's attention was on the word 'stubborn donkey', and asked, "What is the origin of the word 'stubborn donkey'?"

"Actually, I can't say anything about the origin."

I only heard the supervisor boy say, "A few days ago, Fourth Master Qin saw that the progress of the reliefs on the porch was a bit slow, so he detained several carpenters and asked them to stay on the construction site temporarily until the reliefs were carved—— Who would have thought that 'Wooden Zhang' refused to agree to life and death, and had to make a fuss to go home, and finally annoyed Fourth Master Qin, who was whipped raw and alive, and then he admitted his cowardice."

No wonder that woman died of starvation and cold, but it turns out...

Sun Shaozong was silent for a while, then raised his chin towards the rockery in the east, and said, "Let's go, go up and get someone!"

So the group went round and round to the foot of the eastern mountain. Just as they were about to climb up the stairs, they saw more than a dozen people fleeing from the top of the mountain, including servants of Jia's mansion in green clothes and caps, and some carrying all kinds of equipment. artisan.

Zhou Rui stopped his acquainted family member and asked him, only to find out that the 'wooden man Zhang' had just climbed up and looked into the distance. He had already seen a group of yamen servants coming from below. Jia Qin threatened Jia Qin's life and drove everyone down the mountain.

This is really what to be afraid of!

Unknowingly, Zhou Rui became a little flustered, turned to Sun Shaozong and asked, "Sun Tongpan, look at this..."

"Let's go up first and then talk. If you can't see the situation above, it's useless to think about it here."

Sun Shaozong was a vigorous and resolute man, and he took the lead to climb up without any explanation.

That Zhou Rui had no choice but to follow.

But he said that the group of people had just climbed halfway up the mountain, when they suddenly heard a loud shout from the artificial lake, Sun Shaozong followed the sound, but couldn't help being startled - he saw a colorful boat on the lake rippling with the waves, and the bow of the boat was rippling. There were more than a dozen women standing pretty, and the leaders were Wang Xifeng and Li Wan.

If he only saw a group of beauties, Sun Shaozong would not be too surprised.

But right now, the two young mistresses of the Rongguo Mansion are really overjoyed, leading the maids to jump up and down on the bow of the boat, shaking their arms and screaming, just like cheerleaders on a basketball court. How can there be any dignity of a lady?

I didn't know which part these two young mistresses were playing, so I heard the yamen servant behind me scream like a ghost, "Master Sun! Look at what's up there!"

Sun Shaozong hurriedly looked up again, only to see that at the end of the stone steps, there were a few bucket-thick pillars stacked there, as if they only needed a slight push...

rumbling~

This is really what you want!