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If a person dies with his throat cut, he will not shed only this amount of blood.

And, where's the squirt of blood?

The moment a living person's neck, throat, and artery are cut open by a sharp knife, a large amount of blood will spurt out...

Lu Li looked around the entire room. There was too little blood on the scene. Unless this was not the scene of the first crime, it must have been cleaned up.

As mentioned in the preface, because of Lu Li's special work, in order to avoid being unable to deal with special situations in time, whenever he goes out, there must be an attendant who carries him and makes a box for him.Now that the imperial decree has been issued, and even the date of marriage has been set, as the future Princess Ping, Lu Li also has some privileges.For example, he wears a gold medal from the imperial court, and he can intervene in any case anytime, anywhere, and he can conduct autopsies at will, as long as there is a witness by his side.

The deceased in this case was special, and the time was urgent. With Zhao Zhu, Shen Wansha, a group of guards, and even the staff of Youyu Terrace as witnesses, Lu Li immediately started the autopsy.For such an obvious fatal injury, autopsy to find evidence is not very helpful, and we must focus on the evidence obtained at the scene.

Lu Li put on his gloves, pointed to a follower to write the autopsy grid, and began: "Inspect——"

"The deceased Qiu Jian, male, 35 years old, [-] feet [-] inches in length. There was a knife wound on the neck, [-] inches long, [-] inches deep. The blood was severed, and the bone was visible in the depth. It was suspected to be a fatal injury."

"Fingers curled up, middle finger, index finger nails have broken flesh, suspected to be resistance injuries, the murderer may have been scratched by the hands, arms, face and other parts." Lu Li picked up the dead man's hand, put it in front of his eyes, "the nails of the little finger There is a white unknown powder inside."

"The deceased's inner garment had a hole in the trousers at the back of the left calf. It was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. It was suspected to be scratched by a hard object."

"Remove the clothes. The deceased's shoulders and buttocks have lumps and flaky corpse spots, the color is dark, and the color of finger pressure has completely disappeared, and the pressure has been relieved; the limbs are stiff, and the body has begun to stiff; the cornea has not been clouded..."

Lu Li looked very carefully, not letting go of any small traces, and asked the entourage in charge of writing the autopsy records to record all of them.

After reading all of them, he took off his gloves, "The time of death is about today's ugly time." That is, the time from one to three in the morning.

"Choushi?" Shen Wansha's eyes sparkled, "Yin Ye is quiet, and the murders at night can't be ignored. Let's ask the people nearby for clues!"

Zhao Zhu knocked out the young master's excitement with one sentence: "This is Youyu Terrace."

Just by looking at it, you can tell that their business is different from that of ordinary people. When it is quiet elsewhere, it is the busiest time here.Maybe the atmosphere here reached a climax around Choushi, and all kinds of games were played crazily. The murderer chose to kill here, maybe because he liked the environment here and could fish in troubled waters.

"That's right..." Shen Wansha was a little helpless, "Maybe even Qiu Jian couldn't hear him calling for help."

Lu Li shook his head, "It's hard for the dead to scream out if they cut their throats so close and vigorously."

"The murderer is so vicious, Qiu Jian can scream when he is not close to him."

Lu Li shook his head again, "The window is bolted, and the door shows no signs of being pried open. If this is the scene of the first crime, the deceased may have opened the door for the murderer himself."

Shen Wansha's eyes widened suddenly, "So Qiu Jian knew the murderer?"

Lu Li nodded this time: "Very likely. Of course, the premise of these inferences is that this is the scene of the first crime." There are too few things in this room, and there are almost no useful clues to be seen with the naked eye. There is a possibility of moving the corpse. Of course, you still have to search carefully to be sure.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he changed his mind, he heard Zhao Zhu's extremely firm words: "This is the scene of the first crime."

Lu Li and Shen Wansha looked back at him at the same time: "Why?"

Zhao Zhu was squatting next to the table on the left side of the wall, tilting his head and beckoning them to come over: "Look."

Lu Li and Shen Wansha walked over, squatted down and looked in the direction of Zhao Zhu's finger.

On the table leg... there was blood, splattered.

There are also traces left by the struggle, especially a few fingernail marks, which are particularly obvious.

Lu Li looked at the ground again, the ground was very clean, and his hands didn't feel wet when touched, but if he took a closer look at it from a little distance, he would find that the ground was slightly darker than other places...

"So there was blood here? Someone cleaned it up?" Shen Wansha's eyes widened.

Lu Li frowned slightly, "It's very possible." It's a pity that there is no luminol, so this can only be a doubt, and it can't be tested. As for the effect of spirits and vinegar in winter... don't expect it at all.

"The splattered blood was found at the foot of the table, so the deceased was pressed to the ground and had his throat cut?" Shen Wansha had heard about the characteristics of the splattered blood from his childhood friend.

Lu Li nodded: "It is possible."

"So when the murderer pressed Qiu Jian and cut his throat, Qiu Jian resisted, and scratched the murderer's skin with his fingernails?" Shen Wansha tilted his head, rubbing his chin in thought, "This posture should be behind the back, and it's a bit difficult to scratch the face. Probably the neck, arms, or the back of the hands? Then we just need to find out the suspects, let them take off their shirts and see if there are any injuries on their faces, and we can be sure!"

This idea is very good, but—"People can lie."

Lu Li sighed, "The scars caused by the nails will not be too big, and they can heal in a few days. If we can't find the murderer as soon as possible, this clue will be meaningless; but even if we quickly lock the suspect, there is no other evidence, and only the arm There are scratches on it, which is not enough to determine the suspect's guilt. The suspect can say that he accidentally injured himself, or scratched by a cat."

"That's right..." Shen Wansha's small face wrinkled into a ball, "What should I do?"

Lu Li patted him on the shoulder, "Anyway, it's better to have clues than no clues. Let's work hard and try to find the suspect as soon as possible. Except for the scratches on his body, as long as there is another clue related to ours, we will be fine." Nine is close to ten!"

Shen Wansha's mood immediately returned, "That's right, we found a lot of clues!" He waved his arms and shouted, "Work hard, work hard!"

The two continued to encourage each other a few words, and continued to look at the scene carefully to find clues.

Zhao Zhu walked towards the dead man and squatted down to look at the white powder in his nails.He looked at it carefully, and smelled it closely, and finally called in a guard, asking him to scrape off some of the white powder from the dead man's nails and send it to someone.

Lu Li saw it.In fact, he also really wanted to test the substance of these powders, but he didn't have any equipment. Seeing Zhao Zhu's behavior now, he knew that he could find a reliable person to identify it, and he was instantly relieved.

Every clue will not be useless =…

After reading the things on the ground, he began to shift his gaze to the bed.

The bed was neat and the quilt was well folded, as if it hadn't been used.But it just 'looks' like it. Whether the quilt has been used or not can be understood by looking at its folds. Lu Li stretched out his hand to unfold the quilt.

A fishy smell mixed with face powder quickly spread into the nostrils, and Lu Li couldn't help but sneezed.

This taste is too scary!

Zhao Zhu frowned immediately when he smelled the smell, walked quickly to Lu Li, knocked off the quilt on his hand, and wiped his hand with a handkerchief, "Don't touch these things, it's dirty."

"What?" Shen Wansha also squeezed over to look, with a look of interest.

This smell rushed into his nostrils instantly, "Ah-sneeze!" He sneezed louder than Lu Li.Maybe the young master has a sensitive nose. After this extremely loud sneeze, he didn't stop at all, and sneezed five times in a row!

Lu Li took him away distressedly, wiped his nose with a handkerchief soaked in water, and led him outside to breathe fresh air.Of course, in the place of Youyutai, the outside air is not very fresh, but at least it is stronger than the smell in the room...

After Shen Wansha sneezed and blew his nose several times, he felt better.With a red nose, he asked Lu Li: "What is that smell, it's terrible!"

"Woman powder..."

"I know the smell of incense powder, but it's not like the smell of incense powder. It smells so strange—"

"Hmm..." Facing the young master's big pure eyes, Lu Li was a little embarrassed, but he was not good at perfunctory with his little friend. He touched his nose and lowered his voice a little, "It's probably the smell left after a man and a woman love each other."

"Huanai... taste..." Shen Wansha responded, "Are you talking about intercourse?"

Lu Li caressed his forehead.The little friend is so pure, how come the word sex is so easy to say, could it be that he was picked up by He Lianyu?

Shen Wansha beat his palms with fists, his eyes sparkled with interest, "No wonder it smells so bad, so someone has sex!"

Lu Li looked at his little friend with extremely complicated eyes, it is true to say so...

"The murderer might be a woman! First seduce Qiu Jian, go to Wushan Yunyu with him, let his guard down completely, and then kill him suddenly—isn't it so easy?" Shen Wansha immediately grabbed Lu Li's hand and moved towards him. Running around the room, "Let's go and see, which woman is so powerful!"

When they returned to the room, Zhao Zhu had ordered his men to spread out all the quilts, but the smell was still there, much weaker than before.

As soon as Lu Li and Shen Wansha came over, they saw the mottled marks on the bedding.A small piece of thick liquid, milky white, slightly wet, obviously, this is a semen spot.Look again, there are quite a lot of semen traces around, most of which are fresh, slightly damp, and not completely dry. It should be that the bedding was folded up immediately after the sexual intercourse left traces, so it was not dry because it was not ventilated and airtight.

Just folding the quilt immediately after finishing the work... Isn't it a bit strange?

Lu Li and Zhao Zhu looked at each other, with big question marks in each other's hearts.

……

After the on-site survey was completed, several people had a small discussion.

Judging from the scene, the murderer may be a woman.Not only because of the traces of love on the bedding, but also because the scene was too clean.The scene has obviously been cleaned by someone. It can be said that the cleaning is very clean and thorough. It is so meticulous that it is more likely to be a woman.

Of course, men with a particularly cautious personality are not excluded.In such a situation, Qiu Jian was in love with a certain woman, and after the woman left, the murderer came to commit the crime.

Shen Wansha firmly believed that the murderer was a woman: "It must be a woman! Otherwise, who would not be a bit wary of cutting their throat so close?"

"This kind of murder process is indeed impossible to guard against, but the truth depends on the follow-up clues." Lu Li nodded slightly and looked at Zhao Zhu, "We can ask for evidence."

Zhao Zhu stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers, and immediately there were footsteps walking away outside.

Soon, the guards brought the staff here.

This person's name is Wang Gui, and he is the manager of this area. He smiles like a flower, and his attitude is extremely courteous. He seems to be very cooperative, but after a few words, Lu Li frowned.This person seems to be cooperative, but in fact he doesn't have a single sentence. They are all ambiguous, and their words are also approximate. Maybe, about this kind of thing. To sum it up, it can be summed up in one sentence: There are many customers here, and their people are as busy as spinning tops. He almost couldn't even take care of his own errands, and no one had time to pay attention to how a certain guest was doing or what happened.Maybe I saw something, but I was not sure, maybe my eyes were dazzled, and I saw this as there and there as this.

Lu Li was a little unhappy: "I'm so busy that I can't even take care of the guests, so aren't you afraid that the guests will make trouble for you?"

Wang Gui's smile was extremely slippery, "I'm afraid this young master doesn't know that in our land, we don't need the younger ones to wait on us, the guests can take care of themselves, and the younger ones want to come forward, the guests are not happy..."

Lu Li frowned even tighter.

Shen Wansha tugged at his sleeve, and quietly pulled him aside and whispered, "This is what I just mentioned, what makes this place special."

Lu Li didn't understand, Shen Wansha pointed to the stage under the window to show him.

Now there is another person on the stage, not the fat man dressed as a woman just now, but a pair of Xiaosheng and Huadan who are particularly elegant and beautiful.The two people have excellent physical skills, every step, turn and dance are elegant, and their singing is also very beautiful, full of sentimental feelings, very pleasing to the eye.

It's just a little frivolous, and it would be better if it sinks two points.

Lu Li sighed inwardly, while turning his head to look at Shen Wansha, he didn't understand what his little friend meant.

Shen Wansha patted him on the back and signaled him not to worry, and continued to look down.

Looking at it, Lu Li felt that something was wrong, and the two started to undress!

Xiaosheng took off his shirt, Huadan just tore off his skirt!

Of course, the ancients had many layers of clothes, and the outer shirt was lined with underpants and obscene clothes. It was nothing to take off the outer shirt and skirt, and no flesh was exposed.

But this move is too amazing!Under the shackles of etiquette, ordinary people dare not do this!

The two took off their clothes on the stage, and the spectators in the audience threw an ingot of gold ingots on the stage. It was really gold ingots, pure gold!

After hitting a certain amount, Xiaosheng and Huadan have lost another layer...

Lu Li watched with his mouth half open: "Could it be that when others spend money, they just take it off?" What if they take it off to the end!

The voice hadn't finished yet, and no one knew who was below, throwing banknotes on the stage like crazy, and then Xiaosheng Huadan sang and sang, hugged and kissed.My dear is very wet and very hot!

Lu Li: ...

"Just do it when you take it off to the end," Shen Wansha patted his little friend on the shoulder, "This is how the actors here play."

Lu Li was quite speechless, and he could really watch the live version!

Shen Wansha clicked his tongue softly, "But the money is not enough, and the guests are not strong enough, so this is probably the only way to go. If you want to come at night, the show will be very exciting if the patrons are strong."

Lu Li felt that the Three Views had been impacted. Isn't this money enough?Jin Yuanbao was lying on the ground, and there were still a lot of silver notes!

And what is more exciting?What do you mean by more exciting?position?Or the number of people?

He was a little afraid to think.

When he regained his strength, Shen Wansha explained to him: "This Youyu Terrace is a gold-selling cave. The guests are either rich or expensive. As long as they have money, they can do whatever they want. Playing with others, playing with themselves, any hobby, As long as you have enough money, you can be satisfied.”

"I came a little earlier than you, and I learned a little more. Most of the guests here are not normal people. They have all kinds of hobbies. Some like to pretend to be women, some like to pretend to be beggars, and others They like to make themselves dirty and put all kinds of disgusting bugs on their bodies, so the actors who serve people here are not ordinary. If they don't have the habit of being watched by the crowd, these guests are not very willing to let the servants here approach , After all, do you have a special interest..."

"The guests have unusual interests, but their status is not necessarily low. I heard that there are many sons of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and even high-ranking dignitaries themselves. Every three months, there will be a contest for the king of opera. I value this once-in-three-month opportunity, and those who have potential will serve the guests with all my strength, intending to get that position. In order to save face, the guests will vigorously praise themselves as good friends, and sometimes even conflicts..."

"At the end of this month, it will be the final competition for the best drama of the year, so the atmosphere is even more different..."

……

After Shen Wansha finished speaking, Lu Li fell into deep thought. In such a place, did Qiu Jian come by himself, or was someone else invited?Was the cause of his death assassinated by the forces behind him, or did he encounter something here and die in an accident?

Combined with the environment and location, there seem to be more puzzles.

Shen Wansha also frowned: "I think this place feels strange, and I can't say what's wrong, it just feels uncomfortable, so I asked more."

"Young master is right. It's not a bad thing to pay more attention to the scene of the crime." Lu Li looked at the stage downstairs. Xiaosheng and Huadan had already gone down, and now the hall is very quiet.He pondered for a moment, then asked Shen Wansha, "You said that all the guests here have hobbies?"

"More or less. In such a place, even if there are people with no problems coming, they won't get used to it. The guests who can stay are not ordinary people."

"Then they aren't afraid of being exposed and having a bad reputation?"

Shen Wansha was taken aback for a moment, and when he understood the direction of his little friend's thinking, he couldn't help laughing, "You think too much! Even if you have any hobbies, it's a matter of bed, and at most the woman who is willing to sleep with him will be revealed A part is missing, but as long as a man has power and money, are he afraid of not being able to find a girl to play with? Men are different from women, and their reputation in this respect is almost nothing, so if they are used as a threat, they may not get any benefits."

"Then you said that there are high-ranking officials and dignitaries..."

"This kind of guests need to be a little bit more careful. There are various divisions in the theater, and guests of different consumption levels stay in different places. And the first thing for those who enter the garden to do things is to keep it secret. Whoever dares to talk about the guests is a Word: Death. Those who do things dare not, everyone of the guests has secrets, and they will not spread it out on purpose, unless there is hatred." Shen Wansha explained in a slow voice, "Even if it is really exposed, at most it will be regarded as a personal virtue. What if you don’t cultivate? This kind of thing is never a key factor in political struggles. People in the officialdom are not afraid of trouble. Their daily life is to deal with things every day. Smart people can always find a way to get out.”

Too……

Lu Li closed his eyes and meditated for a moment, went through all the information in his head, and pulled Shen Wansha back to Zhao Zhu.

Zhao Zhu was sitting at the table drinking tea, and Yuan Lian who was following him was continuing to ask Wang Gui.

It's been a long time now, no matter Zhao Zhu or Yuan Lian, their auras are unusual, but this Wang Gui is not frightened at all, his hands are still neatly tied in front of his lower abdomen, his face is smiling like a flower, so he is very cooperative The appearance of doing something very uncooperative.

Lu Li was a little upset, what did this person think of Zhao Zhu?Not to mention King Ping's awe-inspiring and terrifying name, but to talk about King Ping's illustrious military exploits, protecting the country and countless people in the Great Xia. This person should be respected at least!

Shen Wansha also raised his small eyebrows, and whispered to Lu Li quietly: "His master must be extraordinary." Otherwise, he would not dare to stand up in front of King Ping.

Lu Li narrowed his eyes slightly, and remembered one more thing: Zhao Zhu must go and find out who is behind the Youyu Terrace.

Wang Gui smiled as if nothing had happened, Yuan Lian was very angry, Lu Li saw that his eyes were round as if he wanted to kill someone, so he immediately took two steps forward, took his place, and asked Wang Gui, "What are you asking?" I'm not sure, I don't know, I didn't see it, I have a few questions now, I believe you, as the manager, will be able to answer."

Yuan Lian seemed worried that Lu Li would be bullied, so he didn't back away, and stood beside Lu Li with arms folded, staring at Wang Gui fiercely.

Wang Gui didn't rush, and smiled at Lu Li like a flower, "You just ask, the little one knows everything without saying nothing!"

Shen Wansha almost spit out a mouthful of tea, he really wanted to beat someone up, and with this attitude, he knew that he could talk endlessly!

"You don't need to know everything, you just answer yes or no to my question." Lu Li put his hands behind his back, lowered his eyes slightly, and asked Wang Gui in a deep voice, "Qiu Jian, the deceased, do you know him or not?"

"This one……"

Seeing his eyeballs wandering, Shen Wansha put down the teacup fiercely, "Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, you dare to lie, the young master poached your eyeballs to drink!"

For multiple-choice questions, you can’t make up ambiguous answers. Wang Gui dared to say stupid things in front of Zhao Zhu, but he didn’t dare to lie directly. Offending his master is death, and offending King Ping is death!

Whichever is the lesser of two evils... Wang Gui clenched his hands, "I know you." He thought that answering like this is not a problem, no matter if we met an hour ago or a month ago, we still know each other, right?

He is confident in responding to Lu Li's next question.

Unexpectedly, Lu Li's question was very sharp, pointing directly at the center of gravity, "Is Qiu Jian a regular visitor to Youyutai?"

Wang Gui's back was sweating instantly.

Lu Li took a step forward and asked forcefully, "Yes, or not?"

Wang Gui gritted his teeth, "Yes."

Shen Wansha exclaimed, "Qiu Jian turned out to be a regular visitor!" Then, he probably came to this place by himself!Did he come to this place because he thought it was safe, or something else?

The young master's mind turned rapidly, before he could think clearly, he heard Lu Li continue to ask: "Qiu Jian has a friend here, is it right?"

The sweat on Wang Gui's forehead immediately came down.