So I play chess

Chapter 229 Clues
After Tang Mingyi finished speaking, Hua Ji and Wen Liang looked at each other, then coughed lightly, and said: "Mr. Tang's thinking is indeed reasonable, and there is indeed such a possibility, but it is only one of the possibilities. Come and see... ..."

Hua Ji tried his best to take care of Tang Mingyi's emotions, and did not dare to speak with a redundant tone. After all, this His Highness has moved from the level of not being ashamed to ask his subordinates to the level of actively thinking and summarizing. Strictly speaking, his current level can be regarded as a real one. The nameless Grand Tutor can't always dampen the interest of the students.

Tang Mingyi was indeed modest, and squatted next to the corpse with Hua Ji.

However, Hua Ji's guidance is nothing more than whether the surrounding environment is different, how the corpse has struggled with scars, how it should be killed with one blow, and from the movement, the depth of the footprints left in the mud, and so on. How to make several judgments.

"However, based on these alone, although it can be basically seen that this person was attacked without prior precautions, the other party may not be able to sneak attack in two places while taking advantage of the night, and you can see the two pairs of footprints closest to him. The span becomes larger, which is the evidence that this person is running, the footprints..."

Hua Ji was talking happily, but suddenly stopped, and then simply squatted lower to look.

Wen Liang noticed that his tone was different, so he asked, "How about the footprints?"

Hua Ji didn't answer, but still felt that he couldn't see clearly, instead he knelt down to examine the dirt floor carefully.

In the courtyard in the middle of Xinghuatai, except for the passageway connecting the main building and the courtyard gate, which is paved with stone slabs and fenced with railings on both sides, the rest is flat earth land with scattered trees and flowers. The vertical and horizontal paths paved with gravel, there are some stone tables and chairs, bamboo pavilions and small platforms to add interest.

It is also for this reason that there are no lights here, and it looks particularly dim.

Seeing Hua Ji laying on the ground, Wen Liang definitely didn't want to act like this, and Tang Mingyi felt that he couldn't help, so the two of them stood quietly aside, just waiting for Hua Ji to say the result.

However, before Hua Ji could speak, there was a sound of footsteps in the building of Xinghua Terrace. Several hidden guards and one of Tang Mingyi's guards came in from the corner door in the north backyard, passed through the building, and came nearby in a blink of an eye.

Several people bowed their hands to their masters or leaders, and Wen Liang asked first, "Is there anything unusual over there?"

"Mr. Huiwen." The secret guard addressed Wen Liang and the others in front of outsiders, although he called others the same as the young lady, using "Mr. Young Master" or something like that, "We just saw a man come out from here and went all the way north , I was just paying attention, but just now someone said there was a situation here, so we rushed over to help."

These people were originally guarding the unknown gambling house in the north, so they naturally had to take care of them here. Since Tang Mingyi was by the side, the dark guard deliberately concealed their names when they reported back, and only talked about the matter.

"Bring a light." Before Wen Liang could speak, Hua Ji explained.

The dark guard acted naturally when he heard the words, taking advantage of the opportunity when someone was going to get the candlelight, Wen Liang asked, "Is there only one person leaving from here?"

"Exactly." The dark guard walked back and forth cautiously, "The man is thin and not tall, probably less than five feet tall. He didn't carry anything in his hands, and he didn't look flustered. He walked calmly."

As soon as these words came out, Wenliang Huaji and even Tang Mingyi followed, asking almost in unison: "Woman?"

The hidden guard who answered that question neither shook his head nor nodded, but only exchanged glances with another hidden guard next to him. He completely avoided meeting us, and his walking posture is no different from that of a man, so it is not sure."

Wen Liang frowned and said, "Can anyone send someone to follow?"

The hidden guard nodded quickly: "Follow up, there will be news later."

"That man's skills are not weak, and he may not be inferior to me. You send two people to meet him, and send another person to inform the prefect Liu of the government office, and at the same time, call people to take care of this side. You don't need to watch the rest of the place for the time being. .”

After Wen Liang finished his orders, even Tang Mingyi said to his guards, "You will also go along with me, and Mr. Wen will dispatch and direct you."

At the same time as the order was received here, the candlestick was also brought over, and Hua Ji directed the hidden guard to hold the candlestick, and followed him to scan the land around the corpse inch by inch.

Wen Liang didn't take a break either, just in this time when Hua Ji was still checking, he told the secret one by one how many corpses there were in Xinghua Terrace, their gender, the same way of death, and where the three survivors were now. Guards.

After Wen Liang finished speaking, the hidden guards dispersed, and those who received orders followed the orders, and those who failed to get orders went to the building for a more detailed inspection.

After everyone dispersed, Hua Ji finally said, "Come and see."

Everyone at the scene moved together, Hua Ji pointed to several of them one after another and continued: "These footprints, the old scattered ones are not mentioned, but the new ones, no matter the size, depth, or pattern are all the same, and they even landed backwards and forwards. The severity of the two is almost the same. It must have come from one person, that is, the deceased."

In fact, just now, including Hua Jiwenliang, everyone didn't take the footprints seriously. They only thought that the footprints here were messy and would definitely leave evidence. Just be careful not to destroy them, and they will be ready when the inspectors come to see them. Ok, so no checks were done.

I don't blame them, Hua Jiwenliang only has some relevant knowledge and experience when it comes to investigating cases. These are all derived from the daily tasks of the dark guards. It is far inferior to Jin Wan and other county lieutenants and inspectors to deal with it hastily.

Now that Hua Ji has discovered this, there is an obvious problem.

"What about the murderer's footprints?" Wen Liang asked quickly.

"Look here again." Hua Ji simply took the candlestick by himself and moved it to the gravel path on the other side, "There are some scattered soil here. It may be left on it by normal passing..."

Wen Liang took over the words: "Maybe it jumped up and fell on it?"

Hua Ji nodded, and then stood up: "If this person is good enough to step on the stones all the way from the stone road, he won't be able to leave any footprints."

The candlesticks were not too far away in the courtyard, so Wen Liang managed to take a look at the surrounding situation under the dim light, but agreed with what Hua Ji said: "It can indeed be done."

Hua Ji breathed a sigh of relief: "Since this is the case, the matter will be clearer. We only need to think about one issue."

When Hua Ji said this, he wanted to tease Tang Mingyi again, but suddenly he heard a window on the third floor of the main building of Xinghuatai facing this side open, and he heard a hidden guard shout nervously and anxiously: "There are people staying here. Down something!"

(End of this chapter)