Great Lawyer

Chapter 754 Strangeness ([-])

"No, when he got up in the morning to put the pail at the door, he happened to see the side door, and vaguely saw two strange carriages and horses parked at the opposite side door, so he peeked at it." Yao Ye said.

King Gui nodded, and said to Du Jiu, "I have two points."

Du Jiuyan looked at him, waiting for him to speak.

"First, 26 lives. Counting the three survivors, Zhou Yuan, nine-year-old grandson Feng Xian, and the paralyzed Aunt Sun, there are a total of 29 people."

"Whether these people come in from behind or from the front, it's impossible not to make a sound."

"But the neighbors didn't hear a sound, which is very strange."

Du Jiuyan nodded and said, "Your Highness is right."

King Gui was very proud of being praised by Du Jiuyan, and said seriously, "Second point, there are seventeen different knife wounds on these 26 corpses."

Du Jiuyan couldn't see these things, and Pei Ying also stopped to look at King Gui.

"Everyone has different habits and strengths in using weapons. Also, everyone's kung fu is also different. Even if it is a set of fists and kicks taught by the same master, there are differences in how brothers use them."

"Although the weapons used for these wounds are the same, the direction, depth, and force of the wounds are different. Therefore, there are at least seventeen people."

Yao Ye was puzzled and asked, "Why did Zhou Zhong say that he only saw twelve people?"

"Or he didn't count clearly. After all, when he saw us, he was very sure that it was the murderer." Gui Wangdao, "Or, he really only saw twelve people, and the remaining five people didn't immediately see us. Go, or go through another door."

Du Jiuyan was thoughtful, she turned to Fang An who had been waiting by the side, and said, "How much property was lost in total?"

"All the valuables in the warehouses of the mansion and the private warehouses of the old lady and the two wives have been removed. The villain has gone through the booklets of four warehouses, and there are sixteen boxes in total."

There is a public warehouse in the house of a big family, and all the family expenses are drawn from here, and there must be a steward and his wife to keep accounts and reconcile accounts together.However, each wife also has her own treasury, where private property, dowry and bride price saved for her children are kept.

"Sixteen boxes can't fit in two carriages." Du Jiuyan said, "Yao Ye, how many doors are there in this yard?"

Yao Ye replied: "There are five gates in total, the main gate, the east gate we came in just now, the east corner gate in the backyard, the west corner gate in the west, and the back gate of Zhou's ancestral hall at the end. That gate is The locked ones are only opened during the Chinese New Year to worship the ancestors, and they are used by the Zhou clan to go in and out to worship their ancestors."

"If there is still a carriage, it is very likely to go through the West Corner Gate." Yao Ye said, "Because there is an ancestral hall behind the West Corner Gate, that alley is sealed off. It is a dead end and there is no one there."

Du Jiuyan nodded and said, "Go to the east gate and ask if there are any carriages leaving the city on the morning of the 21st. There are at least two."

"If they really walked from the east and west cities in two ways, it would explain why there are still two boxes and two boxes of belongings in the inn we stayed in."

Walking through the east gate, you will pass by the Luxi Inn where they live.

"Yes." Yao Ye immediately explained to his subordinates and asked them to investigate.

Pei Ying checked all the corpses, came over with her notebook, and said to Du Jiuyan: "Mr. Du, the time of death of the corpses is almost the same. Four of them had their throats cut off, and six of them had their lungs pierced by a knife in their abdomen. Mr. and Mrs. Zhou of the master’s house were stabbed three times. According to the prince’s verification method, the two people were said to be the same person. Zhou Kuan was stabbed head-on in the abdomen. Mrs. Kuan cut her heart straight because of that."

"When a maid died, her clothes were disheveled. I checked her lower body. She should have had intercourse before she died, but there was no trace of rape or coercion."

Pei Ying analyzed everyone's wounds.

After listening carefully, Du Jiuyan nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard, I'll take a closer look." Pei Ying said, and went back to check again.

Du Jiuyan went to the backyard with King Gui, Yao Ye, and Fang An. Yao Ye pointed to the place where Zhou Yuan fell to the ground. He made a mark with a stone, and he could clearly see that the blood was dripping from the backyard to the outer courtyard. People fell on the path.

"Zhou Yuan's clothes are neat, it seems that he came back from the backyard at that time." Du Jiuyan asked Fang An, "All the people living in the backyard are servants?"

Fang An nodded yes, and said: "All the servants in the family live in the inverted seat."

"Why do you think Zhou Yuan came back from the backyard in the middle of the night?"

Fang An shook his head and said, "This... Could it be that the second master couldn't sleep and was walking in the backyard."

"Did you hear what Pei Da said just now? There was a maid who had sex before she died, and this maid also lived in the backyard."

Fang An nodded yes, and replied: "That maid is Tweet from the second wife's room. This year, the second wife intends to adopt her as a roommate."

"Mr. Du, do you mean that the second master came out of Tweety's room?"

Du Jiuyan nodded, and said, "Otherwise, it's impossible to explain why Zhou Yuan appeared in the backyard in the middle of the night. Think about it for now, and check the details later."

Fang An should be.

Several people continued to walk back, Du Jiuyan was very curious, where did these robbers come in, and there were no signs of being pried through the doors.

There were no signs of trampling on the walls either.

"My lord," Du Jiuyan asked King Gui, "what do you think?"

King Gui put his arms around her shoulders and said in a low voice, "I think it's the inner ghost!"

Du Jiuyan glanced at Fang An, and thought of what Zhou Zhong said. If what he said was true, then Zhou Yuan really had a motive for committing the crime.

However, she had to see the wounds on the opponent's body before talking.

It is impossible to really kill yourself with a bitter trick, it must be a carefully calculated wound.

"Fang An, I remember that Grandpa Zhou's grandson escaped under the protection of his mother. What about the others? Where are your uncles?"

Fang An replied: "Our uncle has gone out to do business. On the day of the accident, someone has been sent to notify him, and he is expected to arrive today. Young Master Biao was picked up by his grandparents. It was quite frightening. She was so frightened that she hid away, and... she even peed on her pants."

"Yao Ye, are you asking that child?"

Yao Ye replied: "I asked, but there is no response."

"Where's Zhou Yuan?"

"Zhou Yuan hasn't woken up yet. The doctor said that he lost too much blood. Although he won't die, he doesn't know when he will wake up." Yao Ye said.

Du Jiuyan nodded, it's really confusing.

However, it is not completely without breakthroughs.

"Check each room."

Yao Ye should be, take someone to investigate.

"Fang An, what are your thoughts and opinions?" Du Jiuyan walked back and asked Fang An.

Fang An froze for a moment, shook his head and was about to speak when King Gui coughed, "This is not the time to be modest and prudent, just say it casually, I won't hold you accountable."

"Yes!" Fang An thought for a while, and said cautiously, "If... if the second master was not injured and unconscious, the villain, the villain would doubt the second master."

Du Jiuyan raised his eyebrows.

"Second Master is very sinister, just like her mother, Aunt Sun. The mother and son don't talk much, so when you look at people, look at them... The villain feels that they can't see through. They always feel that they will plot against you when they talk to you. "

"However, the second master was also injured and fell into a coma, so the villain doesn't know."

This is very similar to what Zhou Zhong said.Du Jiuyan asked: "Have business dealings with the Zhou family, especially those who owe a lot of money and borrow a lot of money but can't pay it back?"

"Not really. Our elder is a more principled person. He does business with others. If the payment is not settled within three months, there will be no next business. Borrowing money from relatives and friends is also It must be repaid within three months, otherwise it will be directly sued to the Yamen.”

"So, the accounts of the entry and exit at home are very clear."

Du Jiuyan nodded, and entered the main courtyard with King Gui to check the bedrooms of Master Zhou and the old lady.

There was a pool of blood at the door of the room, and the door latch was intact. Going inside, there was also a pool of blood on the bed, and the blood was splashed on the tent.

Other than that, there was no trace of tampering in the room, and even the few golden hairpins on the dressing table were untouched.

They looked at Zhou Kuan's and Zhou Yuan's rooms again, and they were all in the same situation. The murderer entered the room, killed the man and then left. He didn't touch anything else in the room, and he didn't see a beautiful girl or lady during the murder and did anything wrong.

"Where was Zhou Feng's family discovered?" Du Jiuyan asked Yao Ye.

Yao Ye replied: "She was in the gardenia bushes behind the main courtyard. She was stabbed twice in the back, and her son was lying under her."

Du Jiuyan felt a little strange, so he couldn't help but go to the backyard to check. Yao Ye pointed to a place where four or five gardenias grew together, and the branches and leaves were connected with each other. She said, "Just lie in it like this."

"The child is in her arms."

Du Jiuyan asked: "How tall is a nine-year-old? How tall is Zhou Feng?"

"It's on your shoulders." Yao Ye said: "Zhou Feng's family is not as tall as you, and I guess she is only a hand taller than her son."

This is very strange, Du Jiuyan circled around and said, "It's impossible for her to cover her son with this ratio, how could the murderer not be able to see it?"

"Could it be because it's too dark to see?" Yao Ye asked.

Du Jiuyan shook his head and said: "She heard the noise and ran to the backyard with her son. The murderer chased after her and stabbed her from behind, but she still protected her son under her body in a panic."

"Then, it is impossible for the murderer not to see the child."

Yao Ye was dumbfounded, he hadn't thought of this, Du Jiuyan was indeed Du Jiuyan, she had only taken over the case for half a day, and she had already figured out the facts of the case that he hadn't found out for two or three days.

He was full of admiration and asked, "Then, what do you mean?"

"I'm not interested yet, I just find it strange." Du Jiuyan said, "Remember this point, we should pay more attention when we check."

Yao Ye should be.

Du Jiuyan went to the front yard, stood in front of Zhou Feng's coffin, and looked at her appearance.

Zhou Feng's birth was not beautiful, his nose was not high and his skin was not white. He had a relatively ordinary appearance, a bit like Mr. Zhou.

"Pei Ying, is there any harvest?" Pei Ying said: "I haven't finished the investigation yet, I plan to stay here for a while. You go back first."

"Tell Yao Ye to keep two people with you." Du Jiuyan and Yao Ye said, "Pei Da needs manpower, you leave two people for her, and it's not convenient for her to bend down to check in the coffin like this. Help her carry the body out."

Yao Ye should be, pointing to four people to accompany Pei Ying for the autopsy.

"Mr. Du, what are we going to do now?"

Du Jiuyan said: "Go and see Zhou Yuan and Aunt Sun."

(End of this chapter)