Concubine

Chapter 330 The Bow and Arrow Showing Their Feet (ask for a monthly ticket)
The rain in the sky had stopped, and the coolness that had just drifted along with the rain was quickly swept away by the sultry heat of the midsummer night.In this steamer-like heat, the guards felt as cold as severe winter, and even couldn't help their teeth chattering.

Yang Qiuchi put his arms around his shoulders: "If you come out now and confess honestly, if the circumstances are extenuating, this officer can consider a lighter punishment at his discretion. Otherwise, when this officer finds you out, you will be severely punished!"

The twelve guards looked at each other again, all guessing who the murderer was.After waiting for a while, no one stood up.

Yang Qiuchi sneered: "What's the matter? Do you think my master is scaring you?" Turning his head to look at Song Yuner next to him, he saw her smiling slightly at him, but there was some worry in her smile.He stretched out his hand to hold her slender hand, and said confidently: "This person killed people in a hasty way, leaving behind a lot of clues. Let's see how I find him, brother."

Glancing at the guards, Yang Qiuchi said: "The deceased, Steward Su, was just taken into prison. The murderer accurately took advantage of the time when I went to interrogate Lin Xiang, which was at most a cup of tea, to commit the murder, and accurately avoided the murder." In order to avoid the sight of other brothers in the prison, he used a bow and arrow that was not in the prison to shoot Steward Su to death from a long distance. This shows that the murderer has a good understanding of the layout of the prison, the location of the guards on duty, and the actions of my grand lord during the interrogation. I know everything well, so the murderer must be someone in the prison!"

After listening to Yang Qiuchi's analysis, Song Yun'er nodded repeatedly, with a delighted smile on the corner of her mouth, and looked at him with almost adoring eyes.

Yang Qiuchi pointed to the two or three feet high wall of the prison next to him, and said, "The deceased was shot to death by a bow and arrow. Therefore, to solve this case, we must first find out how the bow and arrow came from. To tell you the truth, I didn't Before becoming an official, he used to be a supervisor of a county yamen, he was in charge of the prison for a long time, and he was very familiar with the yamen prisons."

Not only did Yang Qiuchi not hide his glorious experience, but he was a little proud, shaking his head, and then said: "The yamen prison is heavily guarded, if you want to enter from the outside, you have to go through the yamen gate, the cell gate, and the three thresholds of the courtyard gate. Strict inspection is required, it is impossible for strangers to enter the cell, let alone the cell for repeat offenders, which further proves my inference that the murderer is one of us!"

"In addition, the murder weapon is a bow and arrow, which cannot be brought into the cell, because the rules of the yamen do not allow murder weapons to enter, especially when entering the prison gate and the second door of the prison for repeat offenders, the search is even stricter."

Yang Qiuchi pointed to the waist knives on the waists of the guards, and said: "Your waist knives are also stored in the cell of the prison, including your entry and exit, you will be checked. Although you don't need to search, you can't carry murder weapons. , let alone bring in a bow and arrow. Am I right?"

The guards all nodded, and the cell leader, Six Finger Wu, even said with a smile on his face, "Your Highness is so familiar with the Yamen Prison, so it turns out that His Highness has also worked in our line of work, so you can be regarded as our fellow brothers..."

As soon as I said this, Six Fingers Wu suddenly felt that something was wrong. This jailer belongs to the untouchables. How can he be called a brother and brother with the lord? He wasn't a pariah either, and it was really inappropriate for him to speak, so he quickly slapped himself a few times and said, "The villain is talking nonsense, my lord, please forgive me."

Yang Qiuchi smiled slightly, waved his hands, and continued: "Since the murder weapon, the bow and arrow, cannot be brought in from the cell door, and Steward Su has just been arrested by my order and put in the cell, killing people in such a short period of time is impossible. With sufficient preparation, the murderer needs to silence him as soon as possible, so there is no time for him to find hidden objects to hide the bow and arrow, so there is only one most convenient way..."

"Throw it in from outside the fence!" Song Yuner happily interjected.

"That's right!" Yang Qiuchi praised and praised: "The murderer should have thrown the bow and arrow through the high wall.

Song Yun'er said happily: "So just now you searched slowly along the wall, I don't know what you were looking for, so you were looking for traces of bows and arrows thrown in and fell on the ground!"

"Yes, this murderer is the jailer in our cell, so he is very clear about the layout of the yamen and the cell, and knows where to throw it in so that he can avoid the guards on duty in the yamen and the cell, and prevent others from seeing it. He first threw bows and arrows into the yamen wall from the outside, then walked into the yamen to find the bows and arrows, then threw them into the prison wall in the same way, and then came in empty-handed to find the bows and arrows, and then killed people."

Yang Qiuchi pointed to the land beside the wall, and continued: "Although the prison cell is covered with bluestone ground, the yard and the places around the wall are muddy. Although it is well rammed, it has just rained. Although it is light rain, it is enough to soften the ground layer."

He compared a throwing action, and explained: "The walls of our cell are very high. If the murderer wants to throw a hard bow over such a high wall and drop it on the ground, there will be marks. With my eyes, I am more sensitive to various traces, so I found the traces made by this hard bow without much effort. This further confirmed my inference."

Yang Qiuchi pointed to the ground in the corner behind the prison for repeat offenders: "That trace is there!"

When everyone looked in the direction of Yang Qiuchi's finger, Yang Qiuchi stared at one of the twelve guards. The man's face was ugly, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes.Seeing this look, Yang Qiuchi smiled knowingly.

The man found that when Yang Qiuchi was staring at him, there was no trace of blood on his pale face.

Yang Qiuchi continued: "The murderer threw the hard bow in, which not only left marks on the ground, but also provided me with a clue to find the murderer."

Song Yun'er opened her eyes wide, looked at the wall, and then at Yang Qiuchi, her eyes were clearly asking what clue Yang Qiuchi had found.

Yang Qiuchi looked at Song Yun'er and asked with a smile: "The bow and arrow were thrown in and fell on the muddy floor outside. The murderer entered the felony prison from the grand entrance and picked up the bow and arrow to commit the crime. Because of the light rain just now, the ground was wet. What happens when you shoot an arrow with a bow that falls on the wet mud?"

He made an archery motion, then raised his left palm and glanced at Song Yun'er.

Song Yuner said pleasantly: "The bow will be covered with muddy water, holding the bow and arrow, so the hands will be covered with mud!"

Yang Qiuchi smiled and nodded, his eyes swept towards the guards.

Several jailers subconsciously raised their palms to look at them, and one of the jailors turned over his palms hanging on both sides, and subconsciously wiped it on his clothes a few times.

Yang Qiuchi smiled: "Hey, you're so stupid, if you wipe the dirt on your clothes, wouldn't there be dirt on your clothes?"

The jailer hastily patted the clothes on his side, and suddenly realized that he was acting like this, so he took a slight step back in panic.

After hearing Yang Qiuchi's words, Song Yun'er and the others followed his gaze and spotted this jailer with an unusual expression.However, before Yang Qiuchi said it, he was not sure.

Yang Qiuchi said again: "Actually, you don't need to wipe off the mud on your hands, because I haven't seen your palms at all just now, so I didn't rely on the mud on your hands to determine that you are the murderer, but just used This is to test your reaction, so as to confirm your own judgment. You are too impatient, I really can't figure out how to let you be the killer, it is likely that they have no choice."

Yang Qiuchi stared at the pale-faced jailer, and sneered twice: "Even if you wiped off the dirt marks on your palms and clothes, there is still one mark that you didn't notice, so you didn't wipe it off—— That trace told me that you are a criminal!"

Song Yun'er heard Yang Qiuchi's words so miraculously, she stared at the jailer with wide eyes, and found nothing wrong except his nervous expression.

Yang Qiuchi continued to smile and said to the jailer: "Butler Su was killed by an arrow through his throat, so you must have aimed." Didn’t you notice when you put your bow and arrow and draw the bowstring to aim? The bowstring sticks to your lips and chin, so the dirt that falls into the mud and sticks to the bowstring will also stick to your lips and chin superior!"

The jailer was terrified, and subconsciously raised his hand again to wipe his chin. When he raised his hand just a little bit, he realized that this was not possible, and hurriedly put it down again. However, his movement was too obvious. All eyes were on him.

Yang Qiuchi smiled with satisfaction: "What's the use of wiping now? Even if you wipe off the dirt on your hands, clothes, lips and chin, what about the indentation left by the bowstring on your chin? You His jaw is very strong, and since the time since you committed the crime was too short for you to be discovered, the indentation has not had time to fade away, so if you observe carefully, you can also find it."

The jailer moved his hand again, as if he wanted to touch his chin.Yang Qiuchi sighed: "I really don't understand, you are so restless, how can you be an excellent killer. Let me tell you, the indentation left by the tight bowstring on the thin skin like the chin Time cannot be erased. With side light, it can be found relatively easily."

There was a look of despair in the jailer's eyes, and he looked at Yang Qiuchi in horror, as if he saw the call of death.

Nan Gongxiong made a gesture, and the two guards grabbed the jailer from behind.The jailer didn't resist at all, his whole body trembled, and he mourned, "My lord, spare your life!"

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