Abduct a shadow guard to investigate the case

After leaving the punishment hall, Shen Yao and Dan Muda walked through a medicine field full of herbs and came to the medicine house surrounded by bamboo forests.

As Shen Yao walked, he felt that the tip of his nose was surrounded by the mixed smell of various medicinal materials. He rubbed his nose involuntarily, and said to Dan Muda, "The smell of medicinal materials is everywhere here."

"That's right, this is the place where the medicinal materials are dried, mixed and steamed in the medicine hall, just get used to it." Dan Muda said disapprovingly.

Shen Yao sucked his nose sharply, feeling that his sense of smell had become dull.

The two walked to the side of the bamboo forest, where there were several stone rooms side by side, which were the place for testing medicine.

Coincidentally, a drug boy who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old and had two-cornered hair in a bun passed by with a diabolo plaque. The two stopped him for questioning, and the drug boy led them to the door of one of the stone rooms.

The entrance of this stone room was blocked by a rope, and some soul-suppressing charms were tied to it.At this time, a guard came over from the side. It turned out that since the incident, the stone room has been assigned patrolling guards, three shifts a day, to strengthen security.

The two greeted the guards, and when they learned that the stone room had indeed been sealed off since the incident, and the situation inside had not changed, Shen Yao's heart brightened, and he pushed the door and entered the stone room.

"This is a stone room dedicated to the master. The master doesn't have the habit of locking the door when testing medicines. He just locks the door. It was the same yesterday. Xiaofeng, oh, is the medicine boy who found the corpse. At that time, he guessed that it was time to test medicines, so he Pushing the door and going in, I wanted to help the master pack his things. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he saw the master lying face down on this small square table, the ground was covered with blood. The shadow guard, who should be tied to the stool, stood aside The medicine boy who brought them here was called Xu Chuan, who was also one of Shi Bozhong's subordinates, and when he heard that Shen Yao came to investigate the case, he took the initiative to stay and help them light up the torches on the four walls of the stone chamber, and explained the situation to him.

Dan Muda leaned against the wall with his arms folded, watching Shen Yao look around in the room.

"Xiaofeng saw what happened to the master, and immediately ran out to call for someone. When he brought someone back, he immediately caught Xuan Qi, and found the murder weapon by the stool on the spot."

"The murder weapon is the dagger my cousin brought with me?" Shen Yao squatted in front of the stone bench, picked up the rope on the ground and looked at it. The fracture was uneven and rough, and it really seemed to be broken by force.

"Correct."

"Well. Then Xuan Qi was honestly let you catch him?" Shen Yao squatted and moved to the side of the stone bench.

"Yeah, he also knows that he can't escape, so he might as well catch him without a fight," Xu Chuan said.

"What medicine did my cousin test Xuan Qi that day?"

"I'm not very clear about this. It is said that it is a poison/drug that mainly attacks the heart and lungs. Oh, the master has a handbook, and there may be specific records."

Shen Yao nodded, stood up and walked to the square table to examine carefully.

He asked about the general posture of the corpse at that time, and imitated lying down, then stood up and moved a few steps back and forth, making gestures on his neck a few times, and then looked at the bloodstains on the table, the ground and the wall, Then he walked back to the stone bench and observed it inch by inch.

Dan Muda surrounded him and looked at him indiscriminately, and finally couldn't help but said, "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Dan Muda, I think someone else killed my cousin!" Shen Yao looked at him, straightened up and said in a deep voice.

"Hey, what's your hurry—" Dan Muda was dragged and dragged by Shen Yao, and trotted all the way back to the execution hall. As soon as he pushed open the door of the execution room, he was startled by the people standing inside.

"Master Jun, Master Xue, Master Gao!"

"...!" Shen Yao was surprised when he heard him call a series of "Hall Master".

In the execution room, apart from the tall and short judges and Xuan Qi, there were three more people. Two of them were wearing black and blue brocade robes respectively.

At this time, the four braziers surrounding Xuan Qi had already been removed, and I don't know what punishment was given to him just now. At this time, he was wet from head to toe, and the water droplets kept falling down his hair. And coughing hastily, the chains that hung him were driven to clang.

"The man in black is Xue Feng, the master of the shadow hall, and the man in blue is Gao Zhan, the master of the punishment hall." Dan Muda whispered in Shen Yao's ear.

"I've seen the three hall masters!" Shen Yao walked forward and said, "Shen Yao is Shi Bozhong's cousin and nephew, and he just arrived at the villa today."

Xue and Gao nodded to Shen Yao, as greetings, Xue Feng said to Shen Yao, "Please forgive me for Hall Master Shi's matter. We are here this time to see the interrogation situation and make a final decision on this matter. "As he said, he turned his head to look at Gao Zhan, and said, "Since everyone thinks there is no doubt about it, the shadow guard committed murder because it was not good for our shadow hall to adjust/teach, and Xuan Qi was sentenced to death according to the precepts. Opinion, what do you two think?"

"Has he confessed?" Shen Yao blurted out, only after asking did he realize that his tone was too eager.He raised his eyes to look at Xuan Qi. Surprisingly, he happened to meet Xuan Qi's eyes. Although Xuan Qi lowered his eyes immediately, Shen Yao still caught a glimmer of light in it. Resignation to fate; it is said to be hope, but it is deeply suppressed, more like the last bit of stubbornness and persistence in life.

"Hmph! There are all the witnesses and material evidence, so it doesn't matter whether you recruit or not." Jun Mozai said coldly from the side.

Shen Yao frowned, turned his eyes to Gao Zhan, saw that he had sharp eyes, seemed to be a fair person, and hurriedly said, "Master Gao, I have enough reasons to prove that the real culprit is someone else!"

"Oh? How do you say that?" Gao Zhan frowned and asked.

"Dan Muda and I went to the stone room where the crime happened just now, and found some clues at the scene, which can prove that Xuan Qi is not the murderer. Can you please go to the scene with me, and I will know after I analyze it."

Gao Zhan and the other two looked at each other, Xue Feng nodded, and Jun Mo raised his eyebrows.Gao Zhan nodded and said, "Okay, then we will go with you."

Shen Yao, Dan Muda and the three hall masters came to the stone room where the crime happened.

At this time, the sun was setting and the light had completely dimmed.The stone chamber was brightly illuminated by the torches at the four corners. Xu Chuan brought a large candlestick, lit a thick butter candle, and placed it on the table in the middle of the stone chamber for auxiliary lighting.

"Hey, this candle is thick enough." Shen Yao casually said while looking at the candlestick.

"That's right, the tallow candle is light enough to last, and this kind of candle is used in most places in our villa." Xu Chuan said.

"Tell me, what clues did you find?" Gao Zhan asked.

"Everyone, please follow me to see, and try not to step on or touch the blood." Shen Yao walked around the dark red on the ground, picked up the candle on the table, and shined it on the stone bench in front of the table.

"When testing the medicine, my cousin should be sitting by the table, facing the direction of the stone bench. When he was found dead, he was half lying on the table, so there was a big pool of blood under the table." Said, Shen Yao Lower the candlesticks so that everyone looks at the ground.

"Isn't this obvious." Jun Mozai said aside.

Shen Yao said, "I heard from you, Master Jun, that the punishment hall inspected the wound on my uncle's neck at that time." He looked at Gao Zhan and asked, "Master Gao, besides finding the sharp weapon that caused the wound and carrying it with him The blood-drawing daggers match, have you found anything about the depth and direction of the wound?"

"The wound on his neck...was getting deeper from left to right." Gao Zhan thought for a while.

"Well," Shen Yao nodded, he raised his right hand, gestured from left to right on his neck, and said, "The action of cutting someone's throat, generally speaking, starts from the place where the hand is cut. Shallow, after the cut, because of the force, the wound became deeper and deeper. Excluding the special case of left-handers, the wound on my cousin's throat became deeper from left to right, that is to say, the other party started from behind him. There were no traces of a fight at the scene, and there were no marks of struggle on his body, indicating that he was committed by an acquaintance, and he took advantage of his unpreparedness to strike. If we say that Xuan Qi broke the rope first, and then rushed behind my cousin to strike, such a big move , the scene should be more messy."

"That being said, it's hard to guarantee that Xuan Qi was mad and moved so fast that your cousin couldn't dodge in time..." Jun Mozai frowned.

"It's not very reasonable to say that. Besides, I have further evidence." Shen Yao said.

"What is it?" Xue Feng, who had been silent just now, asked.He nodded slightly a few times just now, obviously agreeing with Shen Yao's analysis.

"Look, everyone," Shen Yao took a candlestick and pointed it at the wall next to the table, the ground leading to the stone bench, and around the stone bench. When he died on the table and his throat was cut, he should have been standing facing the stone bench. The blood from the neck immediately splashed forward and upward, and fell on the wall, the ground, and around the stone bench. The stone bench was about It was half a meter away, and the blood even sprayed so far behind the back of the chair."

Everyone followed him to the stone bench, and sure enough, they saw some needle-like drops of blood on the ground behind the stone bench.

"What does this mean?" Gao Zhan asked.

"This doesn't explain anything," Shen Yao just said this, when he saw everyone's faces darken, he hurriedly said, "What explains the problem is the blood on the stone bench." He moved the candlestick to the inside of the stone bench, and said, "Everyone, look, except for two or three drops of blood on the inner side of the back of the chair, which is very close to the top, there is almost no blood on the entire seat of the stone bench, and it becomes a hollow area in the shape of a fan."

Gao Zhan leaned over, Shen Yao hurriedly put the candlestick in front of him, Gao Zhan turned his head to look at him, then turned his head to look up and down the stone bench carefully, then stood up and took two steps back, looking at the whole thing in front of him Distribution of bloodstains.Xue and Jun also stepped forward to check carefully.

At this time, Shen Yao drew a body outline on the stone bench with his fingers, and said, "There is no blood on the stone bench, which means that there was a person sitting on the stone bench at that time. It came out, so there are a few drops of blood splashed here." As he said, he touched the few drops of blood on the back of the chair with his hand, "I want to sit on the stone bench to cover the blood, and I want to kill people at the same time. It is impossible for Xuan Qi to do it. However, it is very easy for someone to kill someone while Xuan Qi is unconscious, and then tear off the rope on his body."

After Gao Zhan listened to Shen Yao's analysis word by word, he frowned, and he suddenly called the guard outside the door to come in, and asked, "Since the incident, has anyone come in to clean up this room without authorization? "

"Return to the hall masters. After the incident, this place has been sealed off. There are three shifts of guards a day. No one will come in without authorization, except..." The guards glanced at Shen Yao.

"I came in just now. There are Dan Muda and Xu Chuan present. Everyone can prove to each other that they have never destroyed the scene." Shen Yao hurriedly said, and the other two echoed.

"Could it be that after Xuan Qi killed someone, he wiped off the blood on the stone bench?" Jun Mozai asked aside.

"Just now we analyzed that if Xuan Qi kills someone, he should be in a state of madness, and such a clever way to wipe off the blood requires calm thinking. These two states are inherently contradictory. Not to mention whether it can really be so clean and accurate. Erase all the blood, and whether doing so is really useful for a shadow guard to get rid of the crime. If this is the case, why don't we believe in a more reasonable explanation?"

"..."

"The three hall masters," Shen Yao said, clasping fists together, "there are many doubts about my cousin's death. As his nephew, I hope that I can find out the real culprit myself, so as to comfort my cousin's spirit in heaven. I also ask the three of you to help me." Your merciless request!" His gaze reflected the torch of the stone room, as if it was burning with a strong light.

"Heh," Gao Zhan said with a smile, "Mr. Shen is talented, God sent you here, probably because he didn't want your cousin to die in vain. I agree to let Mr. Shen investigate this case in person. What do you two agree? "

"Brother Shi is originally a member of my medicine hall. Our medicine hall, like Shen Yao, wants to find out the real culprit the most. Of course I have no objection to this." Jun Mo said.

Shen Yao looked at Xue Feng who hadn't spoken yet, and heard him say, "I have no objection either."

Shen Yao said, "In this case, I must find out the real culprit as soon as possible and punish the culprit severely, so that my cousin's spirit in heaven can rest in peace." He blinked his eyelashes lightly, and said, "The shadow guard named Xuan Qi, can the punishment hall release him? ? He was the person who was in the same room with my cousin last time, I want to ask myself if there are any clues he missed. "

"Yes." Gao Zhan agreed, and looked sideways at Xue Feng.

"Shen Yao," Xue Feng said again, "I will order Xuan Qi to assist you in investigating this case with all my strength, so go ahead and investigate."

"That's great, thank you all!" Shen Yao thanked.

At this moment, an untimely "grunt" sounded, and everyone was taken aback for a moment, then came back to their senses, and looked at Shen Yao together.

Shen Yao pressed his belly in embarrassment, his face flushed, and said, "I'm hungry, I haven't eaten dinner yet..."

"Ha ha……"

"puff……"

Jun Mode went forward and patted Shen Yao on the shoulder lightly, and ordered Dan Muda to take Shen Yao to eat and settle down, and everyone left the stone house and dispersed.