Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 269 Accidental Discovery
He clearly remembered the size of the footprints of the person who kidnapped Tao Zhaoxue in the bamboo forest. Although he didn't have accurate tools to measure them, he was sure that the two footprints were the same size.

In addition to the same shoe size, there is another thing that impresses him, that is, the footprints in the bamboo forest are also deep and shallow on the left.At that time, he didn't think that there was anything wrong. He only thought that the murderer might have carried Tao Zhaoxue on his left shoulder when he kidnapped him. That's why this happened.

But if you think about it carefully, the footprints in the bamboo forest are deep on the left and shallow on the right from beginning to end.

Kang Xu looked at the footprints, his face gradually became serious.

According to the footprints, one thing can be concluded, the owner of the footprints is likely to have a disabled right foot and right foot, so this kind of footprints with deep left and shallow right will appear.

There are no coincidences in the world, and all coincidences have their inevitable reasons. Kang Xu firmly believes in this.

The person who abducted Tao Zhaoxue happened to be wearing the same size shoe as the owner of the footprints in front of him, had the same disability on his right foot, and also left the footprints a few days ago. All these are too coincidental and unbelievable coincidences.

Kang Xu once heard a saying: Remove all the impossible, and the rest, no matter how unimaginable, will be the answer to the question.

Assuming that the two footprints belong to the same owner, Tao Zhaoxue's case may have to be overturned and reopened.Tao Zhaoxue was kidnapped by Lu Jitong. He was very sure of this before, but Lu Jitong categorically denied this, insisting that he had never been to the bamboo forest that night.

All the evidence came from the testimonies of witnesses, but none of them had ever seen Lu Jitong go to the bamboo forest.

Although other evidence points out conclusively that he is the murderer who tortured and killed Tao Zhaoxue and imprisoned the young girl, there are still many doubts about it.

Now, the footprints in the attic further overturned his previous conjecture.

Lu Jitong's right foot is not disabled, so it is very likely that someone else kidnapped Tao Zhaoxue in the bamboo forest.

However, if he is not the murderer, who is the murderer?Why do Liu Tie and Dongmei insist that he is the murderer?And why did he confess to the crime he committed at first, but then denied it?

More and more doubts appeared in his mind. Even though some doubts had been in his mind for a long time, when he found evidence that could support those doubts, he still felt a little unbelievable.

"Dungeon, woman, imprisonment..." Kang Xu recalled the whole case, and suddenly found some similarities.

It is also a hidden dungeon, and it is also used to imprison women. The difference is that one is in Hetou Village outside the city, and the other is in Lichunfang inside the city.

"Could it be that these two places are both Lu Jitong's secret strongholds?" The more Kang Xu thought about it, the more likely it was.

But what puzzled him was the relationship between the murderer and Lu Jitong.

If the murderer was someone else, why did he torture and kill Tao Zhaoxue in Lu Jitong's stronghold?If it was purely to put blame on him, why bother to sink Tao Zhaoxue's body at the bottom of the river?If a few fishermen hadn't accidentally salvaged Tao Zhaoxue's body, Tao Zhaoxue's murder would never have been exposed.The murderer obviously has a cautious mind, which is not like the means used when blaming others.

A series of questions flooded into his mind, and Kang Xu felt a little headache. He stretched out his hand and rubbed the space between his brows, put aside the doubts for now, and then looked at the footprints.

The footprints extend from the door to a row of bookshelves on the right side of the quiet room. The bookshelves are close to the wall, and there are various classics and several blue and white porcelain bottles stacked on them.

Kang Xu touched the blue and white porcelain bottle with his hand, and a layer of ashes had already fallen on the mouth of the bottle, including those ancient books.

"The footprints disappeared when they got here. It seems that there must be a dark room nearby." Kang Xu narrowed his eyes and carefully observed every corner of the bookshelf.

Soon, he found something suspicious. On the chest-high bookshelf, several stacked classics caught his attention.

The few books were close to the wall, and the top one was covered with a layer of dust. It was no different from the other books, and it seemed that no one had touched it for a long time.

However, beside the several classics, there were a few traces, and it was these traces that made Kang Xu discover something strange.

These classics are all thread-bound rare books. After binding, the lines will stand out and have a very clear sense of prominence.And the marks next to the classics, at first glance, are the lines left when the classics were pushed away.

Kang Xu thought for a while, since he found something suspicious, he naturally had to investigate clearly, even if it was a dragon's lake or a tiger's den, he might have to make a breakthrough.

Thinking of this, Kang Xu no longer hesitated, and directly pushed those classics aside, and sure enough there was a stone ring on the wall where the classics were hidden.

Stretching out his hand to turn around the stone ring vigorously, a secret door suddenly appeared on the wall next to the bookshelf.

Kang Xu looked back at the empty room, then walked in with a cane.

The furnishings in the dark room are simple, with only a long table, which is close to the wall, and some sundries are placed on it.

Kang Xu walked over, the first thing he saw was not the long table, but the traces on the surrounding walls.

Those traces seemed to be cut out by sharp knives, and the entire secret room was full of such traces.

Kang Xu is not a martial arts practitioner, but he can still see that the marks on the wall are definitely not left by practicing weapons, but very much like scratches made with weapons when venting.

Soon, Kang Xu found several broken weapons in the corner, which also confirmed that the scratches on the wall were made when someone vented his emotions.

Kang Xu rubbed his nose, walked directly to the long table and looked at it. There was a set of clothes randomly placed on the long table, which seemed to be worn by men.

Next to the clothes, there are several wrapped pieces of cloth side by side.

Kang Xu hesitated, then picked up one of the bags of cloth and looked at it.

This piece of cloth is embroidered with delicate peonies, just like the corners of a woman's dress.

When he opened the piece of cloth, Kang Xu was stunned. He found that what was wrapped inside was a lock of hair.

Kang Xu was a little puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, so he opened several other pieces of cloth one after another, and found that all of them were hair.

Until, when he picked up the last bag of cloth, he discovered that there was a letter under the bag of cloth.

Kang Xu took out the letter and read it again, his face suddenly became extremely shocked.

He hastily opened the bag of cloth, looked at the hair wrapped inside, and instantly understood what was going on.

When examining Tao Zhaoxue's body, he once found that one corner of Tao Zhaoxue's skirt was missing. At that time, he didn't pay attention to it.

He clearly remembered that when Tao Zhaoxue was killed, he was wearing a dress embroidered with Aoxue Hanmei.

The Tao family is a well-known family, and Tao Zhaoxue is the eldest lady of the Tao family, so she naturally wears silk and satin.

The reason why Kang Xu was surprised was because the piece of cloth fit perfectly with the notch on Tao Zhaoxue's dress in terms of size and notch, and the lock of hair wrapped inside probably belonged to Tao Zhaoxue.

(End of this chapter)