Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 116 Doubtful Points

"Wait, wait!" Shen Haolin waved his hand, signaling for everyone to pause, and said, "Our thinking is a bit messy, we all talk about ourselves, and we don't know what's going on. In my opinion, let's put the Sort out the known information, and then explain their respective inferences." Shen Haolin entered the room, dragged out a small map shelf, waved to Shen Cha, and said, "Cha'er, hang up the topographic map you drew. on top."

"Don't bother me, boss, come down!" Ying Wu, who was sitting outside, put down the chopsticks in his hand, picked up the topographic map of Wuma Town drawn by Shen Cha just now, and hung it on the map shelf. "Master Hou and the military division probably don't know what's going on in Wuma Town yet, so I'll sort it out for you all from the beginning, and listen while you eat." Ying Wu ran over and took a sip of tea, and said, "What is certain now is that this This case does not have much to do with us in Daxia, it is mainly related to the relationship between Liao and Jin. The Jin Kingdom mission arrived in Wuma Town yesterday evening and stayed at Jin Guo's posthouse in the town. The best news is that before the mission moved in, they dutifully counted the number of people, and checked the names according to the roster provided by the mission, and confirmed the people who moved in. There are 50 people including the special envoy, and there are not many people. All of them are there. After the embassy moved in, all the members had dinner in the lobby. Except for Wanyan and Wen who occupied a table by themselves, the rest of the people, a table of five, filled the lobby. The postman remembered the dinner After the end, the time for the mission to return to the room was about Xu time. They cleaned up the lobby, and after finishing other miscellaneous tasks, they went back to rest. This time should be at Hai time. They said they were not sure, but it must be Hai time. Before and after, the difference is not more than one cup of tea. Some postmen said that last night was very strange. They felt very tired for no reason, their eyelids were particularly heavy, and they fell asleep after washing up casually. In this regard, we People from Liao and Liao can confirm that the postmen were woken up by pouring cold water on them, and they didn’t know what happened when they woke up.”

"This is a doubtful point, write it down!" Shen Haolin wrote down the question on the paper in front of him, and said while writing, "The postmen in Wuma Town are well-trained spies, and their vigilance They are much taller than ordinary people, and they are in a state of high vigilance all the time twelve hours a day. Even at night, when they are sleeping, they close one eye and open the other. Moreover, Ordinary drugs are useless to them, so we need to think about how the murderer managed to make these spies fall asleep!" Shen Haolin saw everyone nodding in agreement, and raised his eyebrows at Ying Wuyi, "Continue .”

"Yes, Lord Guo!" Ying Wu continued, standing on the side of the map shelf, "After the tragedy happened, each of the three countries sent a team to search the posthouse. Items and the gifts of Chaohe, each one is well placed in its original position and has not been lost. Therefore, there is no possibility of killing people and taking goods. This is the case of Jin. Next is the situation of Liao Kingdom, which is relatively simple. So many discoveries. According to the news from Wuma Town, the [-] corpses of the Jin Guo Mission were found in Wuma Town, which belongs to the Liao border. The wound was the knife wound on the neck, and no wounds have been found elsewhere. Another thing I forgot to mention before, no murder weapon was found."

"Did he commit the crime after being in a coma?" Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Haolin, then at Shen Cha and Jin Jing, and shook his head lightly, "I don't think so."

"Brother Xiaotian means that smoke can easily lose its proper effect in an open place. Another point is that the winter at the border is windy. If the wind direction is wrong, not only will you not be able to confuse the other party, but you will easily hurt yourself by mistake. "Shen Cha finished eating a meatloaf, picked up the porridge bowl and drank a couple of sips, and continued, "How to fascinate fifty people in such an open place is also a question. Another point, this is the territory of the Liao people , Why did the Liao people not know why the Jin Kingdom mission entered the Liao territory, or was this their plan?"

"I don't think the Liao people would be so stupid as to lure people to their own territory and kill them, and cause such trouble for themselves." Jin Jing denied Shen Cha's second deduction, "I'm more inclined to the previous statement, For some reason, the Liao people did not notice the entry of the Jin people. If this is the case, the murderer is more than one person. At least two people, or more than two people, are needed to attack the Jin country posthouse and the Liao country border at the same time. It’s impossible to do a little bit.” Jin Jing looked at Ying Wu, “During the autopsy, are you sure that the deceased is himself? Is there no trace of disguise?”

"Yes, the deceased is himself." Ying Wu nodded, "So, the Liao people are very suspicious of the purpose of all members of the Jin Mission sneaking in late at night."

"I agree with Xiaocha's statement. It's definitely not to meet Wanyanxi. It should be for other things." Jin Jing tapped on the table lightly, "Xiao Wu, that's all we know now?"

"Yes, that's how it is now." Ying Wu walked back and sat down, "For more details, I'm going to Wuma Town."

"We must go, but not now. We remain neutral in this case. The Jin Guo Mission directly entered the Liao border through a public area, and did not go from our side. The body was also found in the Liao border. Therefore, it has nothing to do with us. If Liao and Jin insist on their own opinions, we may let us help solve the case." Jin Jing rubbed her chin, "No, tell me, they won't suspect that we sent people to do this, right? "

"No!" Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and Xue Ruitian shook their heads at the same time, Xue Ruitian patted Jin Jing on the shoulder, and said, "The Jin Kingdom Mission is here to celebrate the new year, not to cause trouble, why should we follow?" They can't make it through? What's more, knowing someone who died in Liao territory, our relationship with Liao is very delicate now, which is reasonable, if we blame Liao, won't we destroy the rare peace?"

"That's right!" Jin Jing nodded, "Let's wait for them to invite us to solve the case." He looked at Shen Cha who closed his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, "Little Cha, what are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking, who would be most beneficial if the mission was wiped out and the body was found in Liao?" Shen Cha opened his eyes, stood up, walked to the map shelf, and wrote "murderer" and "murderer" on the paper. Mission", drew a line between the two, and said, "Let's analyze it slowly. Just now the military adviser said that the mission was completely wiped out. The first thing everyone suspected was our Daxia. This idea is not wrong. If it is the Three Kingdoms In the case of war, this is the most reasonable reason. But it is not appropriate to use it during the truce. What's more, the complete destruction of the Jin Kingdom's mission will not benefit us at all. On the contrary, it will bring endless trouble. During the Chinese New Year According to our customs, it is very unlucky to encounter this kind of thing."

"Yes!" Shen Haolin nodded, "One more thing, we executed Liao and Jin Xizuo just now, because we didn't want to see blood during the Chinese New Year, so we chose to do this before the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. This point, Liao Jin It is also very clear in my heart that we will naturally be excluded. There is another point. It is stated in the official letter of the Kingdom of Jin that the purpose of sending a special envoy is to explain why they have their secret work in Jiaping Pass. We will wait Listening to them, let alone fooling them without having a definite answer, it's just unreasonable."

"Brother made it very clear. Liao and Jin are all aware of this, so our suspicions have been cleared." Shen Cha continued, "The second suspect is Liao. As the military adviser said just now, it is impossible for Liao They would not commit murder on their own territory. If the mission died in a public area, all three countries would be suspected. If it died in the Liao territory, Liao’s suspicion can be completely ruled out, and the possibility of being blamed is the greatest. I think Liao and Jin are very clear about this point."

"So, now there is only one situation left." Xue Ruitian tapped his fan on the table lightly, "Jin's infighting!"

"I think so, but the specifics depend on what clues can be found in Wuma Town."

"Also, Wanyan and Wen wouldn't have brought anyone into the Liao territory if they weren't acquaintances. He's not a brainless person."

"Yes, I thought that someone used Wanyanxi's name to lure them, but the entire mission could not be attracted, so the person who sent the news should be an acquaintance of Wanyan and Wen, and not There will be people who are wary." Shen Cha nodded, "I just said, who is most beneficial to all the envoys being killed, and from what we know so far, it should be Wanyan Zongcheng and Wanyan Ping For the father and daughter, because Wanyan and Wen have been fighting against them throughout the disaster relief process, and even encouraged the nobles of Yiqing Mansion to fight against them. This makes the father and daughter very angry. But the anger is anger, because I don’t think it’s very possible to kill the entire mission and blame Liao. If the murderer was really sent by the father and daughter, there may be other reasons.”

"Other reasons... Do you suspect that they know about Wanyan's relationship with Wen and Wanyanxi, so they should get rid of the serious troubles?" Xue Ruitian thought for a while, "It's possible, but there is another possibility."

"The murderers are not them." Shen Haolin called Ying Wu to put all the dishes on the table into the food box, "It's someone who has enemies with both of them."

"Yes!" Xue Ruitian patted his thigh, "The death of the mission will not only drag Liao into the water, but also make Wanyan's father and daughter and Wanyan and Wen's supporters fight together, killing more birds with one arrow!"

"If it's as you guessed, it will become more and more complicated and terrifying!" Jin Jing shook her head and rubbed her numb legs, "Let's go, it's almost time, go say hello to the deputy commander-in-chief Let’s listen to his old man’s opinion by the way.”

"it is good."

Everyone got up one by one, put on their cloaks, and went out, but Xue Ruitian was the only one who lingered, standing in front of the map shelf and looking at it for a long time, but it was Hongye who rushed in and dragged him out.

I don't know if he was too engrossed in thinking about things, a little absent-minded, Xue Ruitian's head directly hit the open door.

"Ah, it hurts!"

Everyone looked at the big swollen bump on his forehead, and they were very speechless.

(End of this chapter)