The first work of the imperial prison

"Hands, fingers hurt, so what?" Shen Jiang didn't understand, isn't it normal for a young daughter-in-law to cut flowers and branches?

Ye Baiting shook his head: "The deceased was poisoned and died. The process was painful. It was hard not to scream and struggle. The murderer changed his clothes. There is a certain possibility that the murderer covered the deceased's mouth to keep him from shouting. At the same time, I was scratched and left blood stains, so I had to change my clothes."

Shen Jiang touched his chin: "Isn't Mrs. Zhang the murderer?"

"Not necessarily." Ye Baiting frowned, "She doesn't have a deep memory of the murderer's clothes."

If she killed the person and doesn’t remember the clothes in front, she must remember this one. If she wants to lie, she either doesn’t remember them all, or remembers them all. Clearly, some people didn't pay attention to it, did they say it to make others more suspicious?

Shen Jiang was speechless, there was nothing else, just a capitalized word, these are not the answers to the questions, but they can be analyzed and explained through these questions, Master Jiao is awesome!

He didn't ask any more, as long as he could do something, he asked, "Who shall we call next?"

Ye Baiting slid his fingertips across the barrel of the pen: "Chang Hongwen. This is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry—what should I do if I get angry after waiting too long?"

Shen Jiang just smiled: "You don't understand now, Mr. Chang is a gentleman, he is elegant, he always smiles, and he is easy to talk to, otherwise I will be in the name of Jinyiwei, a small general flag, You can’t invite people here politely.”

nice guy...

Ye Baiting smiled: "I'm looking forward to it."

Chang Hongwen walked over quickly, with a black gauze head, black horn leather belt, and an official robe with an impressive temperament. He looks like an elegant and handsome uncle. His facial features are not outstanding, but his overall temperament is gentle and warm, and his eyes are not the slightest middle-aged The oily and worldly sophistication of the book is transparent and bright, and it is full of toughness and open-mindedness that knows the world.

Shen Jiang's voice couldn't help being polite when he asked: "Master Chang, let's talk about what happened that day? Is there anything special?"

Chang Hongwen was also very face-saving, he cupped his hands, and his voice was very cooperative and sincere: "It was very busy that day, and most of the distinguished guests at home needed me to accompany them, and I had no time to take care of them. I don't know exactly what happened to my concubine brother. Speaking of something special... After noon, there seemed to be some quarrel among the female relatives in the outer table, and a few dishes were overturned, but luckily my younger brother and the nursing home went there in time, and it was dealt with quickly, and there was no serious problem."

Shen Jiang looked at Ye Baiting's writing: "What about evening?"

"In the evening..." Chang Hongwen smiled wryly, "Although it was a rest day, I did have to get up early the next day to go to court. I was busy all day, and I hadn't had time to deal with the official documents on the case. I had to burn the lamp and fight at night, busy in the study. Knowing that something happened to my brother..."

"What does Lord Chang think of the deceased? Hmm... what do you think of this concubine brother?"

Chang Hongwen thought for a while, and said: "Xiao Wu is very good, with a pure personality, and likes to take care of others. Although he has no great talent, he is better than hardworking. Most of the time, if he asks for a book, I will guide him wholeheartedly..."

"Have Master Chang ever been to the study of the deceased?"

"I have been there."

"On the day of the incident?"

"No, there is no time during the day, and there is no need. At night... I really don't have time. Even if Xiao Wu has something to ask, I will refuse without thinking."

"The clothes on the deceased's body, Mr. Chang, do you think they look familiar?"

"Familiar?" Chang Hongwen was taken aback, "What does this mean?"

Shen Jiang looked at the words written by Young Master Jiao: "Mr. Zhang just confessed that the deceased changed many sets of clothes that day——"

Chang Hongwen: "Oh, it's unavoidable. As the head of the family, the old lady's birthday banquet should not be ignored. All the children in the family, including the official, changed their clothes several times. When Xiao Wu passed away... just look at the clothes. It's the color and style he usually wears, and I think he likes it very much? There should be something similar in his study."

Shen Jiang looked at the new question on the paper, and was a little curious about how Master Jiao knew about it, but he didn't say anything, and continued to ask according to the above: "I heard that the Ministry of Industry has been very busy recently. Many people were injured, Master Chang went there in person, I saw that you walk normally, are you in good health?"

Chang Hongwen smiled: "General Banner Laoshen is concerned, this officer is lucky and he was not injured."

Shen Jiang followed the paper again and asked a few questions: "...I'm here for the time being today, I'm wasting Master Chang's time, please go back first."

Sending Chang Hongwen away, Shen Jiang really wanted to hear Ye Baiting's analysis of one, two, three, but Ye Baiting didn't want to talk about it, so he changed a page of rice paper: "Please invite the people below."

The next one is Chang Yaozong, the deceased's cousin, the eldest son of the eldest son Xingsan, his hands are wrapped with bandages, the injury is obvious.

Without Ye Baiting's prompting, Shen Jiang could ask, "How did you get the injury on your hand?"

Chang Yaozong's expression was not very good: "During the old lady's birthday banquet, somehow there was an argument at the ladies' table. I was there at the time and was scratched by the broken dishes."

"Who else was there?"

"Sister-in-law Lou of the second room, sister-in-law Zhang is not here, it seems that she is going to change wine, sister-in-law Lou is just staring at the sweet soup, because of this, her clothes are stained, oh, there is also a nursing home, come to pack things Sometimes, I accidentally cut my hand."

"Why are you bickering?"

Chang Yaozong's voice was a bit sarcastic: "Isn't it just about those concubines?"

"My wife is weak, and you are underestimated by outsiders, do you feel uncomfortable?"

Chang Yaozong clenched his fist faintly: "I'm not good enough, so I can't blame others."

"Did you go to the dead man's study that night?"

"He didn't call me, why should I go?"

……

After asking this, Shen Jiang called the nursing home again. The nursing home didn't seem to know much, and the answer was very concise, which was consistent with the previous statements. He did have injuries on his hands, and he was not familiar with the deceased's study room, but he changed shifts that night. It seems to see someone nearby, but there is nothing when I go to check.

In the end, Shen Jiang invited Chang Hongwen's wife, Lou Shi.

"How much contact with the dead on weekdays?"

Lou has long eyebrows and soft eyes, a soft appearance, and a very gentle personality. She speaks slowly and softly: "My brother is in charge of the general affairs, and my concubine is in the palm of my hand. It is impossible that there is no communication."

"If you have a business meeting, where do you usually choose?"

"The meeting hall," Lou's head drooped slightly, "there is a hall at home dedicated to these things, and the maids and mothers-in-law are all there, so it is convenient to avoid suspicion."

"You've never been in the yard of the dead?"

Mrs. Lou hesitated: "Basically, I don't go. Female relatives have the way of female relatives. If you want to find younger siblings, the concubine will invite her to the flower hall or warm pavilion in the backyard."

"I heard that there was an accident on the day of the birthday banquet, and the dishes were dropped in the female family's table?"

"Yes, the concubine was watching the maids serve the sweet soup at that time, but because she was close, she accidentally touched it, and had no choice but to change into a suit of clothes."

"Where is the dead man, did he touch it?"

Lou thought for a while, then shook his head: "Shouldn't he? He was wearing those clothes after that, so it's probably not stained."

"Then when did he change his clothes? What he wore when he died was not the one he wore in the afternoon."

"I don't know about this concubine. Shen Shi concubine sent all the female guests away, and after explaining things to Brother Wu, I haven't seen him again."

"Are you hurt?"

Lou Shi was taken aback, subconsciously supported his elbow, and quickly put it down: "No, it's nothing."

……

After sending Lou Shi away, Shen Jiang could finally ask the question that he had held back for a long time: "Are you cheating on her just now? As for Lou Shi, her sleeves are so long, even if there is an injury, you can't see it at all, right?"

"Yes." Ye Baiting replied with a 'so what' face.

Shen Jiang: ...

"You don't even know, how dare you cheat?"

"Dare, why not?"

Fraud is also the result of observation.

Ye Baiting asked back: "Shen Zongqi thinks, what is the crux of this case?"

Shen Jiang: "What is it?"

Ye Baiting stretched out a finger: "One, the deceased was very tired after a long day of work, and his whole body was uncomfortable. It was so late, why didn't he go back to rest and have someone serve him to relax, instead he read a book in the study? If you were tired all day, would you be like this? "

Shen Jiang shook his head, that would not be possible, but——

"Didn't Chang Hongwen just go to the study? Maybe the deceased was particularly motivated?"

"Chang Hongwen is an official, so he can't help himself." Ye Baiting looked at Shen Jiang as if he was looking at an idiot, "The deceased just took care of the household affairs. What is so urgent that it must be done in the middle of the night?"

"……right."

"It is very likely that he has an appointment with someone and has something to talk about."

Shen Jiang: "An appointment again?" The murderers in this batch like to make appointments.

Ye Baiting stretched out his second finger: "Key point two, the poison enters the body, the deceased is likely to be screaming and struggling, no one outside heard it, it is very likely to be hindered by the murderer, and there are signs of struggling , the murderer may or may not have been injured, but there must be traces on the clothes the deceased changed into, and they were not found at the scene, so where did he go?"

"Three, the study is very tidy, there are no traces of fighting and picking, the environment is so clean, the murderer must be very familiar with it, even if there is any mess, it can be tidied up and restored in a short period of time."

Ye Baiting's eyes were burning: "Therefore, there are three major possibilities for the murderer in this case. First, he made an appointment in advance; second, he may have been injured; third, he was very familiar with the deceased's study. There are strict rules here, and the servant girl must take an extra step." In the Chang family who was punished, who would come and go freely in the deceased's study, no one asked? It's such a busy day, who pays so much attention to the invitation of the deceased, and even if he is exhausted to the limit, he has to hold on to the meeting? Good old man, it's not that he has no temper , no matter who it is, no matter when we meet, this person must be very important to him, and there is a reason for him to meet."

Shen Jiang was amazed, and subconsciously applauded: "It's amazing... Every time you analyze it, I feel that the murderer is right in front of me, and I can lock it in the next moment!"

Ye Baiting said 'this is not a matter of course': "What do you think a good job is like?"

Shen Jiang recalled the previous humiliation: "Arbitrary use of your brain?"

The corners of Ye Baiting's lips twitched slightly: "A good job, isn't it just an autopsy and tracing, cooperating with the police after the investigation to lure, threaten and fraudulent confessions, and pinpoint the real culprit from among the suspects?"

Shen Jiang was a little confused.

Is... is it?But no one else has done this job at all!