Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 521 Fingerprints refer to the real murderer

"The fingerprints on this are naturally Hongmei's. Members should still remember that before burning the corpses of Hongmei and others yesterday, I went to check the corpses. On the fingers of Hongmei's left hand, I found some ink stains. Combined with this From the fingerprints on the paper, it is natural to think that the fingerprints on the paper are actually left by Hongmei before her death." Li Canghai said lightly.

"Even if it was left by Hongmei before her death, what does it mean?" Zhang Wenyuan asked puzzled.

Li Canghai said deeply: "Because Hongmei left the murderer's name! Moreover, it was on this first poem! I think Hongmei was strangled by the murderer at the time. We would not be able to understand, so we dipped our fingers in the ink and pressed it on the poems she wrote, so the ink stains drenched two pages in a row. But Hongmei was worried that the murderer would find out, so she took advantage of the chaos before she died. The poems were scattered around."

Conan took the poem from his hand and read it carefully. After a while, he was still confused and said: "I still don't see where the murderer is pointed out."

Li Canghai said: "Brother Conan can't see it because you are not from the Central Plains, so you are not familiar with Tang literati, so naturally you are not familiar with their poems. This poem is my first poem to Mr. Li Taibai." It is called "Qingping Diao", and the complete poem is: A branch of red and dew condenses the fragrance, cloud and rain Wushan is in vain and heartbroken. May I ask who is like the Han Palace, poor Feiyan leans on the new makeup."

Conan frowned and expressed puzzlement: "What does this mean?"

Li Canghai explained: "The whole poem was written by Mr. Taibai when he was enshrining in the Imperial Academy. The artistic conception, but let us observe its superficial meaning. You can see here, this word is just covered by fingerprints, and you can’t tell what it is. But if you have read Mr. Taibai’s works, you should know that this fingerprint The word covered is exactly the word 'rain'!"

Everyone looked at the paper, and then compared it word by word, and they found that the place covered by the ink stain was the word 'rain'!

Li Canghai stared at Yu Chengen, and said in a deep voice: "If my guess is correct, you should have an excuse to ask her about something that night, but Hongmei hadn't fallen asleep at the time, but was still thinking about writing poems. Where do you go?" By her side, Bai Ling strangled her when she was not ready, and Hongmei left these instructions in a hurry. This is a poem written by her, and she naturally knows where the word "rain" is. You think you have done it seamlessly, Didn’t expect Hongmei to reveal you, right?”

Conan stared at Yu Chengen, and asked a little puzzled: "Even if all of this makes sense, it was already late at night, how could Hongmei let a man into her room?"

Li Canghai clapped his hands, and a servant hurried over with a few paintings.

Picking up a painting, Li Canghai said: "If nothing happened, Hongmei would naturally not let him in. However, if it is about this 'Picture of Aoxue Hanmei', the situation is different."

"You mean, he left this picture at the scene?" Conan asked in surprise.

Li Canghai said deeply: "Not only this one, but also that 'Ink Bamboo Picture' that he left on purpose in Hongmei's room."

"Why? He killed Hongmei, why did he keep these on purpose?" Conan shook his head, still confused.

"Because he wants to tell everyone who will die next." Li Canghai said every word.

Conan's eyeballs rolled a few times, he rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, and suddenly understood, he said in surprise: "I see, this is... a reminder to kill!"

However, he frowned again immediately, and said puzzledly: "But, it doesn't make sense! He killed Hongmei and left behind the 'Picture of Aoxue Hanmei', but Azhu was killed by Ueda Takashi, could it be that Azhu He left the 'Black Bamboo Picture' beside him on purpose? A'Zhu didn't kill him, so there's no need for him to keep this?"

"Brother Li, you have said so much, I want to ask, what is my motive for killing? I have no grievances with Hongmei in the past, and I have no hatred in recent days, and Hongmei has always treated me very well. We are still practicing calligraphy and painting together. Why did you kill her?" Yu Chengen's face became serious.

"Brother Nan asked just now why he intentionally left the two pictures at the scene of the crime. In fact, this was his motive for killing." Li Canghai stared at Yu Chengen, sighed regretfully and said, "As for the reason, let me tell you a little bit more about it." Let’s talk about it later. Now let me talk about the case of Ah Zhu’s murder!”

Zhang Wenyuan frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Didn't you say that Ah Zhu was killed by Ueda Takashi? What else is there to say?"

Li Canghai glanced at Zhang Wenyuan, and said calmly: "Outside the staff, Ah Zhu didn't die at the hands of Ueda Takashi, the real murderer was actually someone else."

"That's impossible! When A'Zhu died, everyone had an alibi, except for Ueda Takashi, who wasn't the murderer?" Conan asked with a frown.

"Actually, like the Hongmei case, the most puzzling part of this murder case is still the murderer's method of killing. As long as you know the murderer's method of killing, you will naturally know who the murderer is." Li Canghai said.

"The murderer's method of killing? Ah Zhu was killed by the murderer directly piercing the chest with a bamboo knot!" Conan recalled.

"Brother Nan is only half right." Li Canghai said.

"Which half?" Conan asked.

Li Canghai said: "Ah Zhu was killed by a bamboo knot piercing his chest, but he was not directly killed by the murderer with a bamboo knot."

Conan frowned and said, "Brother Li, what do you mean by that?"

"When I was investigating the case, I found Azhu lying at the door where Azhu was killed. Judging from the situation at the scene, Azhu should have been killed when he opened the door. If someone stood in front of the door, To kill Ah Zhu when he opened the door, the murderer's arm must be at least three feet long, so that he can hold the bamboo and use force in his hands, otherwise it would be impossible to penetrate Ah Zhu's body with such a thin bamboo. Of course, the murderer must be a master of martial arts , that is another matter. However, Ueda Takashi is short in stature, and his arms are obviously not so long, not to mention, he does not have martial arts. Therefore, the murderer cannot be him." Li Canghai said.

"It's a bit far-fetched, Ueda Takashi may have tricked Aju into opening the door first, and then killed her when he was not prepared." Conan said.

"I did think about this possibility before, but after I asked Laifu, I knew that such a hypothesis did not exist at all." Li Canghai said.

"Why?" Zhang Wenyuan didn't know that Laifu had witnessed A'Zhu's death, so he asked curiously.

Li Canghai said: "Because Laifu once witnessed A'Zhu's murder, he was urinating at that time, and before that, A'Zhu was safe and sound, but after that, he suddenly fell to the ground and died. Apart from hearing a strange noise, Laifu No other voices were heard, and no one was seen around A'Zhu's room."

(End of this chapter)