The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 961 Murder Scene
Will the thread stop there?

Thinking of this, Xuan Shijing couldn't help frowning. In Chang'an City, there have been no cases for many years, and it takes a long time to handle a case.

"By the way, this Marquis learned that Young Master Zhang made his fortune as a child trader in Dongshi, and then quit after earning money. Does Young Madam know the reason?" Xuan Shijing asked.

Xuan Shijing would not believe the reason why he quit because of the good deeds of his wife and children. If he was really so conscientious, he would not have engaged in human trafficking at the earliest.

"This..." Hearing this question from Xuan Shijing, Mrs. Zhang's young lady showed a tangled look on her face, as if she was struggling whether to tell the truth.

"Young Madam has something to say, but it's okay to say it. Now the matter about Young Master Zhang may become the key to solving the case. Benhou thinks that Young Madam will not watch Young Master Zhang die in peace. In the end, even the murderer will not be found." Xuan Shi Jing said calmly.

Hearing Xuan Shijing's words, Mrs. Zhang's young lady showed a look of determination on her face, and then she said: "It's true that my husband was a baby boy earlier, but he washed his hands and quit before we got married. The child was not born."

If this is the case, then the news found in the stone well before is not true, that is to say, there are other reasons for the young master of the Zhang family to quit. So, there are twists and turns.

"After I got married, I also asked my husband by chance, but he blocked my conversation with the excuse that women don't need to know so much. Later, I overheard my husband's book boy say that it seems that he has something to do with some noble person. " Mrs. Zhang Jiashao said.

The noble Zhang family is still a wealthy family in Chang'an City. The nobles that the young master of the Zhang family speaks of must be of extraordinary status. They must not be merchants in the same industry. They must be dignitaries.
"If that's the case, please Young Madam, please gather the people in the house now so that this Marquis can make inquiries." Xuan Shijing stood up and said.

Xuan Shijing could see that the young wife of the Zhang family didn't know as much as the servants of the Zhang family. The young master of the Zhang family didn't seem to have said anything to his wife.

But this is also normal, in the eyes of ordinary people, the female family members in the back house are just women, and they can't accomplish any big things.

Mrs. Zhang Jiashao nodded and agreed.

Xuan Shijing and Qin Bingyue left the study, returned to the front yard, and stood still in the open space around the burnt ruins, waiting for the Zhang family's servants to gather.

There are not many servants in the house, the servant girl, Mrs. Zhang Jiashao and the nine-year-old young master are only a dozen people in total.

"Mom, I'm afraid."

The young master of the Zhang family already knew that his father was dead, so he cried all night. His eyes were still red and swollen. When he came to the ruins, he thought of his dead father again, and he couldn't help but feel a little trembling.

"Nianer, be good, don't be afraid, your father's spirit in heaven will protect you, don't be afraid." Mrs. Zhang's young lady hugged Zizi's son and whispered in his ear.

"Is everyone here?" Qin Bingyue looked at Mrs. Zhang Jiashao and asked.

"It's all here." Mrs. Zhang's young lady looked around and confirmed.

"Are you all here? Very good. Now I'm asking you, has anyone seen the woman who came to see your young master a few days ago?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"If you go back to Master Hou, the villain has seen it." A man dressed as a family member in the crowd stood up.

"Okay, you and Benhou will go to the Shenhou Mansion in a while and describe his appearance to the painter. Don't worry, the Shenhou Mansion is not a scary place. As long as you find the prisoner according to the portrait, you will be doing a great job, and you will be rewarded naturally. "Xuan Shijing said.

If you want a horse to run, you have to eat grass, which is a blessing and a blessing.This is an eternal truth.

"Yes, thank you Lord Marquis!"

From the moment Xuan Shijing claimed to be the Marquis, the people in the house knew the identity of the young man in front of him. Can anyone!
"Also, before the murder case happened last night, did anyone find anything unusual in this house?" Xuan Shijing asked.

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, shaking their heads.

It was already night at that time, and the servants who had worked all day had an early rest in their own rooms, and no one noticed what happened in the front yard.

This is the structure of the Zhang family courtyard. In addition to the large courtyard where the main hall is located in the front yard, there are two small courtyards on the left and right sides. In addition to the place where the servants live, there are firewood houses and kitchens.

At that point last night, there was basically no one in the main hall courtyard.

The Zhang family is no better than Xuan Shijing's big mansion, no matter it is day or night, there are guards patrolling, the Zhang family's identity and status and financial resources, but they can't be coquettish.

What a trouble! Xuan Shijing couldn't help but touch his forehead.

Except for the unidentified woman, there are not many things related to this case, and it seems that the people who came to find the young master were quite cautious, and even avoided most of the Zhang family.

This made Xuan Shijing even more convinced that someone must be looking for the young master of the Zhang family for something ulterior.

Behind Xuan Shijing is the burned living room of the Zhang family. There are broken walls and ruins left there.

Xuan Shijing walked into the area and looked around in the living room.

The place where the two corpses were lying was outlined by the officials. Xuan Shijing took a rough look and found that the shape was the two corpses stacked together.
"Did anyone see the corpse when it was cleaned out?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"If you go back to Lord Hou, the body was already burnt when it was found, and it was carried out by the government, so the little ones didn't look at it very carefully." The servants of the Zhang family responded.

Xuan Shijing was thinking in his mind, looking at the shape drawn in the circle on the ground, the bodies of the two people are together, that is to say, there is a subtle difference in the time of death of the two people, if so, it is one person He died first, and after another person found out, he walked to the corpse by himself?
After the murder, the murderer burned the scene with fire, and then fled. There was no extra time to put the corpse.

As he walked, he seemed to have stepped on something.

Xuan Shijing lowered his head and found the burnt and blackened candlestick.

This thing is probably what the murderer used to light the fire.

There are a lot of burnt ashes around the corpse, but the clothes of the corpse alone are not so extensive.
In other words, before the murderer ignited the corpse, there should be something covering it.

(End of this chapter)