Detective in the Red Chamber

The three expressed their thanks respectfully.

Sun Shaozong said again, "As for the homework and so on, I can't help you, but I can introduce a few new imperial examination candidates for you-all my students, although there are no outstanding figures, it is better to learn about the situation in the capital through them. Not a problem."

Hearing the word "disciple", Sun Chengtao and Yu Qian had strange expressions on their faces.

To be honest, if they hadn't heard about it before they came here, they would not have believed that this thirteenth uncle, a warrior and young, had accepted a group of new imperial examination candidates as his disciples.

On the other hand, Sun Chengye maintained his usual composure, bowed and said, "This is the reason for Uncle Thirteen, Shuntian Mansion is the most benevolent place under the emperor's feet, and the scholars here must have something good, I will definitely ask for advice humbly. "

It's not easy for Sun Shaozong to judge, but among his disciples, there must be none who can compare with Yu Shaobao!

"In addition to these, I will also help you inquire about next year's main exam..."

"Second Master, Second Master!"

Just as he was talking, Liu Quan, the concierge, rushed in and reported, "Bantou Zhao asked for an interview outside the door, saying that there was a murder case. Mr. Fu Yin asked you to go over and have a look in person."

Murder?

Just as Sun Shaozong showed some embarrassment, Sun Chengye hurriedly said, "Uncle Thirteen, just..."

"Can Uncle Thirteen take us to have a look?"

But Sun Chengtian hurriedly said, "I heard that Uncle Thirteen can solve cases like a god, but I didn't expect to see your demeanor just now!"

Yu Qian was neither arrogant nor impetuous, but said in his mouth, "One of the criminal names is also a compulsory item in the imperial examination."

Chapter 164 The Sword Swallowing Incident of the Old Man in Xicheng [Part [-]]

"master!"

Out of the gate of the mansion, Zhao Wuwei has already gathered up like a pug.

Sun Shaozong asked blankly, "What kind of case is it? Why did you come to bother me when you were in Mushi?"

There was some displeasure in hearing these words, Zhao Wuwei's already hunched spine immediately bent a few degrees, and said cautiously, "If it's an ordinary murder case, naturally I wouldn't dare to disturb Master Xiumu."

"It's just that the one who died this time was an old man who was scheduled to enter the palace to attend a birthday banquet. Mr. Fu Yin was afraid that if the case was delayed, there would be some rumors, so..."

tsk~

Before the birthday banquet, an old man who was scheduled to enter the palace died suddenly. It might not be a big deal, but it might alarm the palace. No wonder Han Anbang was in a hurry to ask himself to investigate.

In the final analysis, this criminal sentence is just a life of running errands.

When he is promoted to Zhizhong in the future, it's his turn to boss around and give others a deadline to solve the case!

Thinking in this way, Sun Shaozong pointed backwards casually, and said, "These are my nephews and nephews-in-law. They just came from Jinling to prepare for the exam. I will lead a few headhunters to take care of them later. Is there anything I can take care of?" wear some."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wuwei hurriedly nodded at Yu Qian and the others and said, "Little Zhao Wuwei, I have met the three Juren masters. In the future, if the masters have anything to explain, they can call the guards on the street to order them!"

Yu Qian and Sun Chengye agreed calmly, but Sun Chengtao showed a little disgust, obviously he didn't think much of such flatterers.

When they got on their horses, Sun Chengtao saw that Sun Shaozong was interrogating the case carefully, so he pulled the reins, leaned over to Yu Qian and whispered, "Brother-in-law, don't everyone say that our thirteenth uncle is the reincarnation of Bao Longtu? There must be such a villain? Besides, the statement just now, should it be considered a public weapon for private use?"

Yu Qian said indifferently, "If you don't like it, you can make a direct remonstrance now."

Sun Chengtao immediately turned bitter, and said embarrassingly, "How dare I, let's not say that Uncle Thirteen is an elder. Those two arms alone are thicker than my waist. If you annoy him, you won't be stubborn."

Only then did Yu Qian give him a blank look, and said, "Since you know he is an elder, how dare you talk to me nonsense?"

Sun Chengtao was bored, so he could only dodge to the side listlessly.

Yu Qian rode his horse forward a few steps, and listened to the conversation between Sun Shaozong and Zhao Wuwei.

"Such a big iron sword is inserted straight into the throat! I really don't know what kind of grudge that old man Xu had with others to use such a scary technique."

"The deceased lived alone?"

"I heard that when I was young, I was married to a relative, but when I gave birth to a child, it was difficult to give birth. The adults and children couldn't keep it, so old man Xu became a widower."

"Who was the first to discover the dead?"

"It's the bean curd shop next door. Because there were a lot left in the morning, I asked my wife to share a share with the neighbors. But when I entered the door, old man Xu was stuck in the throat by the big iron sword and stabbed alive." died!"

"What about the family wealth?"

"The family property has not been moved at all, so the villain suspects that it is a vendetta. He has ordered the brothers to inquire about his enemy - but there is no news yet."

"How does the deceased behave in daily life?"

"Well... I heard that she has a bad temper, but she has a good heart. She especially likes children. She often buys some candies for the children nearby."

Listening to the two people's questions and answers, it took only a moment to sort out the general situation of the deceased.

That's all for Sun Shaozong, after all, he is a well-known god-judgment, but Yu Qian was a little surprised that the 'flatterer' could answer the questions fluently.

Taking the time to cast a sideways glance at Sun Chengtao, he wanted to warn him not to judge people by their appearance in the future.

But he saw that this kid was also like a monkey, twisting and turning on the horse's back, obviously he thought the two people in front were walking too slowly, and he couldn't wait to go to the murder scene to see it.

Forget it~

Yu Qian shook his head helplessly, thinking it's better not to spoil his interest, and let his brother-in-law come forward to teach him a lesson later.

Speechless all the way.

When they arrived in the northwest of the outer city, they saw an alley in front of them surrounded by passers-by with three floors inside and three floors outside, and everyone knew they had arrived at their destination.

Sun Shaozong slammed off his horse, followed by Yu Qian and others.

The common people watching saw a few yamen servants slanting their shoulders flatteringly leading the way in front, followed by a tall and strong man, they immediately knew that the sentence had been judged by magic, so they shouted all over the place.

The one who was romantic by nature simply tore off the beads on his head and the sachet on his waist, and threw them towards Sun Shaozong.

but……

That's fine with the wrinkled aunt, but there's a bearded fool over there, who dared to throw the sachet over there--and even raised a few eyebrows along the way!

Sun Shaozong felt a chill all over his body, so he quickened his pace.

When they arrived at the courtyard where old man Xu was, he saw four yamen servants guarding the door, but the inside was empty, only two or three police officers were searching for clues.

As soon as Zhao Wuwei entered the courtyard, he shouted inside, "Come out, the master wants to investigate the scene himself!"

Several yamen servants rushed out in a file.

"Like this kind of homicide without clear direction, protecting the scene is the most important thing."

As Sun Shaozong walked in, he explained to the three of Yu Qian, "So I specifically explained that if a case happened indoors, no more than five people should go in to investigate at the same time, so as not to accidentally destroy important evidence."

When he reached the door, he stopped, pointed to the body lying on his back inside, and said, "Since it's not far from the door, you should just watch here first, and if you think you can get used to it, it won't be too late to come in."

As he said that, he glanced at Sun Chengtao, who had an anxious face, and added indifferently, "If someone vomits out of it, don't blame me for going back and asking the family to deal with it."

Sun Chengtao suddenly faltered. Although the Beizong had moved out for a period of six years, the family's law was applicable to both sides, and he didn't want to suffer a few pieces in vain.

When Sun Chengye and Yu Qian respectfully agreed.

Only then did Sun Shaozong step into the house, and saw that although the old man Xu was over seventy years old, his hair was only gray, his skin and muscles were firmer and firmer than ordinary old people, he was obviously a master who exercised regularly.

He was lying on his back on the ground now, his eyes were wide open, his expression was a bit weird, but there were not many signs of struggling.

The cause of death was naturally the iron sword obliquely inserted into his throat.

The length of the exposed iron sword was about two feet, calculated according to the standard of three feet and three feet for ordinary long swords, and the length of the swallowed one was about one and a half feet.

However, judging from the dried blood at the scene, the amount of bleeding does not seem to be very large.

On the contrary, there are many dry foamy traces left at the corners of the mouth.

tsk~

The case appears to be...

Sun Shaozong smacked his lips speechlessly, stretched out his hand to touch the iron sword, and carefully inspected Old Man Xu's limbs, then got up and waved, "You three come in and take a closer look, and then talk about your respective inferences. .”

Chapter 165 The Sword Swallowing Incident of the Old Man in Xicheng [Part [-]]

When he was outside the door just now, Sun Chengtao was the loudest and the most evasive one, but after entering the door, he really faced the old man who died with regret, but he immediately fell silent.

Sun Chengye was better, but his throat kept wriggling, obviously trying to comprehend what a painful experience it would be to swallow that iron sword.

But Yu Qian was silent for a while, and suddenly bowed to the corpses, and said, "Old man, what an offense."

The Sun family brothers just woke up like a dream, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Finding out the truth is the greatest consolation for the deceased."

Sun Shaozong took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and said, "It's [-]:[-] noon, I'll give you a quarter of an hour, you can check anything in the room at will, and you can also ask the police officers who were in charge of checking the evidence just now——Okay ,let's start."

slap~

He snapped the cover of the watch with a crisp sound, and he walked out.

The three people in the room looked at me and I looked at you for a long time before they each took action.

But at the beginning, none of them came close to inspect the corpse.

It was not until a quarter of an hour later that Yu Qian was the first to get close...

"It's almost time."

A quarter of an hour later, Sun Shaozong came in from the door, raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me, what do you see?"

The three gave way to each other, but it was still Sun Chengye who spoke first, and he bowed and said, "Uncle, is there a little less blood flowing from the throat of this corpse?"

Sun Shaozong waved his hand, "Don't ask me, you can judge for yourself."

"Yes, that nephew is just talking nonsense."

Only then did Sun Chengye continue, "Last time, a servant of my family accidentally bit his tongue, and the blood that came out would have been a lot more than this—it stands to reason that since it was a fatal trauma, it shouldn't be only this amount of bleeding. . . ”

"anything else?"

"There is also this iron sword, which looks glamorous, but it has not actually made a strike—it is a bit strange to kill people with a blunt sword."

"and also."

Yu Qian hesitated when he saw that he had said this, and hurriedly said, "It is not easy to insert this iron sword in the posture of raising your head desperately - if the murderer is alone If not, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do!"

"So, there is more than one murderer?!"

Sun Chengtao exclaimed from the side, "but he is a seventy-year-old man, how could he offend such an enemy? His tactics are so cruel?"

Without waiting for others to respond, he asked himself with a terrified face, "Could it be that someone deliberately killed the old man who was about to enter the palace to celebrate his birthday, so as to demonstrate to His Majesty?! In this way, isn't the murderer a group of insane, fatherless and kingless people?" people?!"

As he spoke, he didn't know whether to tremble in fear or anger.

This thing is a big brain hole...

Sun Shaozong asked the other two speechlessly, "What do you think?"

Sun Chengye bowed again and said, "My nephew always feels that there is something wrong with Qilang's deduction."

Yu Qian also nodded and said, "From my son-in-law's point of view... this old man doesn't seem to be killed by others."

"Brother-in-law, are you joking?"

Sun Chengtao jumped out again, and said in disbelief, "I've heard of people who hanged themselves, swallowed poison, and swallowed gold. This is the first time I've heard that someone killed himself by eating half an iron sword!"

"But there is no trace of binding or suppression on this old man. He is obviously not an ordinary old man. Even if his strength is weaker than that of an adult man, it will not be much worse. If you want to suppress him without leaving any traces, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do."

"If you use something like a drug and force it in, because the old man can't cooperate and open his throat, the blood bleeding from the wound will probably be more than ten times what it is now!"

Speaking of this, Yu Qian paused for a moment, and then said, "In addition, when my uncle entered the door just now, he said that the most important thing in a murder case is to protect the scene - if it is a murder case, I am afraid that my uncle will not allow me to wait for such a mess." turn."

Sun Shaozong had been listening indifferently, but now he finally showed some appreciation. The criminal name is certainly useful, but being able to figure out the thoughts of living people is the capital of gaining a foothold in the officialdom!

"Then why did he commit suicide in such a weird way?"

Sun Chengtao was still at the edge of his head, but this time Yu Qian failed to explain his doubts. Instead, he cupped his hands and said, "I'm afraid I still need to ask my uncle to clarify the doubts."

"It can be seen that this is not homicide, which is not bad. At least in the future, when you become an official, you will not indiscriminately wrong people."

As Sun Shaozong said, he waved outside and said, "Come in and answer."

Zhao Wuwei ran in immediately, clasped his fists and said, "I just listened to the master's order. The villain visited some young children in the nearby houses. The old man really did perform tricks, because he confessed that if he told the adults, he would not be able to do it." Ken is performing again, so not many people in the neighborhood know about it."

After hearing this, Yu Qian suddenly said, "Could it be...could it be that he was practicing juggling of swallowing iron swords, and an accident happened accidentally?!"

Sun Shaozong nodded and said, "That's right, the bones of the deceased are fine at first glance, but upon closer inspection, you will find some deformities, which should be the result of acquired training—usually such people are either thieves trained since childhood, or jugglers. .”

"The dead should be the latter."