Dongdu Pavilion Case Record

"This murderer was really thoughtful. Not only did he disguise Xia Houhuan's suicide, but he also gave Xia Houhuan a good motive to commit suicide, making everyone believe Xia Houhuan's words of killing and then committing suicide." Tang Wuyi said.

"Who said that seeing Xia Houhuan crying sadly after going out to the banquet made people think that Xia Houhuan missed the young master and turned to kill Miss Su?" Tang Wuyi said while staring at the servant girl. One of the young girls I met was Liu Er.

"And who said that on the day Miss Su was killed, I picked up a purple magnolia in her room?" Everyone looked at Liu'er, and Tang Wuyi's eyes became more severe: "You really used a good trick, If you simply report on the purple magnolia petals, I might become suspicious instead. You chose a time when the owner of the estate would notice, and pretended to defend Xia Houhuan’s destruction of evidence. But you forgot that this is just a petal, not anything Evidence that is difficult to destroy, if you really want to destroy it to protect Xia Houhuan, you can burn it in your room, or throw it in the garden, which one is not easier than burning it in the villa late at night where people can see it?"

Liu Er froze in fright, and argued: "I didn't, I didn't! I did see Miss Huan crying that night, that petal, that petal was really picked up by me in Miss Su's room, I was upset at the time, I didn't think too much about it..."

"Hmph, Miss Liu'er, think about it again, was Miss Huan crying that night, or was she just Mochizuki feeling sad? There is a big difference between the two."

"I... I don't remember, Miss Huan looked very lonely and sad." Liu Er said.

"You were able to push it cleanly. In those few days, rumors spread all over the village, saying that Xiahou Huan wanted to kill Master Xiahou, but the only evidence after all was Xiahouhuan's crying that night. This matter can only be found in You only mentioned it when I interrogated you one-on-one, and you also said that you were the only one who saw her cry that night. Afterwards, there were rumors in the village, so it can only come from you? Is this how you defend Xia Houhuan?" Tang Wu Yi's voice was not loud, but extremely powerful, and the last sentence You Qi asked made Liu'er irrefutable.

Liu'er sat down on the ground and cried: "I'm just like everyone else. When something like this happened in the village, I was terrified and afraid all day long. Why should I be identified as the murderer for no reason?" She cried miserably, Everyone could not help but feel sympathy for her.

Tang Wuyi smiled slightly: "Liu'er, since you said you didn't do it, can you explain it again in order, the night of Su Ranran's death, all your whereabouts, be careful, don't miss it, every location to mention."

Liu'er settled down and said: "That day, Miss Su and Miss Su had a banquet in the room, and they had a great time. I ordered a few servants to put the leftover dishes with them in the small garden in the back garden. The kitchen, and then went to the front hall to talk to Miss Huan, but seeing her... sad, she didn't reply, and came back directly."

"Where did you go?"

"I'll go to Miss Su's room to serve her first, and I'll go back to my room after she's asleep."

"What about the second day?"

"On the second day at Yinshi, I went to Miss Su's room to urge her to get up and put on bridal makeup. She and Young Master Yang had already died in the room."

"Well, yes, but you still missed one thing." Tang Wuyi said, "It was cold at the banquet that night, and there was a brazier in Miss Su's room, but it was gone the next day. You are her personal maid, you When was the brazier removed?"

Liu'er hesitated slightly and said: "Miss Su withdrew before going to bed. She said that she was a little hot after drinking, and the brazier was too hot, so she wanted to sober up."

"Okay, Liu'er," Tang Wuyi said to Liu'er, "Tell me the other way around, starting from the second day when you saw the two of you died in the room, and then talk backwards about what you did and where you went, It has been talking about serving the two ladies for a banquet."

Everyone was puzzled for a while, not knowing what to ask about the maid's whereabouts.But since Tang Wuyi said it, no one dared to question it.

Liu'er then hesitated and said: "The next day when I went to make up at Yinshi, I saw Miss Su and Mr. Yang died in the room. The night before, I helped the girl to sleep, and going forward, I went to the front hall to talk to Miss Huan. , but seeing that she was sad and did not return, I went forward and ordered the maid to clean up the unfinished dishes, removed the brazier, and then went forward, I served the two young ladies to have a banquet, and they ate to their heart's content, and the time left..."

"Stop!" Tang Wuyi shouted suddenly. "Liu'er, you lied!"

"I...I didn't." Liu'er argued.

"The first time you said it in order, you removed the brazier before Miss Su went to bed. But when you said it upside down, you removed the brazier when you removed the dishes." Tang Wuyi paused word by word, "You Lied."

"I, I just don't remember. There are so many things that day, I can't remember them all so clearly."

Tang Wuyi leaned back in the chair, put one leg across the other, and said: "Most people lie and will fabricate a fake timeline, but because it is fabricated, it didn't actually happen, so it's the other way around. It is easy to have inversions and loopholes when you say it. Liu Er, you not only lied, but also exposed a key piece of evidence in this case."

Everyone looked at Tang Wuyi and at Liu'er's reaction, still wondering what important evidence it was.There was only a creaking sound from the door in the front hall, it was someone entering the door at this moment, and only after the person approached did he realize that it was Wen Tao.

"Master Wen Dao?" "Immortal Ziwei!" Everyone was puzzled for a while, everyone should be here, why is he here now.

"Don't be confused." Tang Wuyi said, "I asked Master Wen to search for evidence." After finishing speaking, his eyes passed through the crowd and fell on Wen Tao's face.Wen Tao stood at the door, like the breeze and the moon, and nodded to him.Tang Wuyi put a stone in his heart and said, "Let Master Wen explain the brazier."

Wen Tao walked to the center of the front hall without rushing.He is different from Tang Wuyi. Tang Wuyi always observes everyone's expressions, actions and reactions, and catches the doubts through constant questions and answers and emotional changes, while Wen Tao is more like quiet in his own world. Every time he speaks, he has arranged all the causes and consequences. Regardless of whether the person admits it or not, at least in his system, the logic is rigorous and there will be no mistakes or omissions.In his opinion, there are many similarities between detective and counting, except that counting is a forward derivation, and solving a case is a reverse derivation.Just as the final answer to every math problem is definite, every reverse derivation of each case will only have one truth that matches the evidence.In the whole process, he doesn't need others to agree or disagree, he just needs to tell the truth quietly like a bystander.