The Famous Detective of the Red Mansions

It will take some time for the corpse to be transported from the Yamen to the warehouse, so Sun Shaozong first investigated the scene of the crime.

This Tianzi warehouse is about eight feet long [25.5 meters] from east to west, and about three feet and five feet wide from north to south [11 meters]. The gate opens in the middle of the east wall; as for the south wall, there are two meshed irons. Transom of the fence.

On the left side of the gate, there is a koan with pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and three pamphlets with wooden covers.

Sun Shaozong flipped through it and found that one of them was a record of Du Ning's daily inventory check, and the other was a record of the time and purpose of other people entering and leaving the warehouse.

In the last booklet, some important to-dos are recorded.

For example, the page on March 27th recorded Zhu Shan’s important instructions on “carrying out artillery maintenance half a month in advance”. That’s right. This warehouse was used to store trial-made guns until the new muskets were introduced. Type artillery, there are still several'big' cannons, placed in the innermost part of the warehouse.

As for the right side of the gate, there are four special lanterns hung, and some slogans of "fire prevention and theft prevention" are posted.

Sun Shaozong picked up a lantern and looked at it carefully, and found that the thing was made of double-layer copper nets. Even if the candle inside fell off the base, the two layers of copper nets would not burn the outside. thing.

"Which lantern did Du Ning use last night?"

"It's this one!"

Zhu Shan hurriedly took out another lantern from under the gong's case and held it in front of Sun Shaozong with both hands.

Sun Shaozong was not in a hurry to pick it up. Instead, he turned his head and looked at the four hooks on the wall. He frowned and said, "These are dead. Did you change the lanterns on purpose?"

"No way."

Zhu Shan smiled helplessly: "Our gunpowder bureau has the most important rules. According to the regulations drawn up above, if the lanterns in important warehouses are damaged, they must be replaced as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be a crime of malfeasance. "

It is estimated that this system was also set down by Prince Yizhong.

Sun Shaozong took the lantern and found that the copper mesh on the outside was a little deformed, but the inside was basically intact.

After observing it carefully for a while, and then asked about Duning's height, he raised the first lantern to a height of about 1.2 meters, then released his palm and let it fall freely.

哐~

The lantern slammed on the bluestone floor, only rolled a circle and a half, and then staggered to a halt.

Sun Shaozong picked it up and saw that although the lantern was slightly deformed, it was much less damaged than Duning's.

So he raised it by 20 centimeters and tried again.

Then increase the height by thirty centimeters...

And then he moved a little harder...

It wasn't until the four lanterns on the wall were all smashed that they were unsuccessful, and only then did Sun Shaozong start the next investigation under Zhu Shan's inexplicable gaze.

About one foot and five feet away from the gate, two rows of long tables are placed on the wall respectively, and countless wooden shelves are nailed on them. A total of 218 Megatron muskets are placed neatly on these shelves. on.

That is to say, at the beginning of the long table on the left, the two empty shelves are particularly eye-catching.

And the same dazzling, there was a pool of dark brown blood on the ground.

Sun Shaozong first carefully observed the messy traces near the empty shelf, and then squatted on the ground to search for a long time, and circled the traces of the suspected lantern collision one by one with a cinnabar pen.

"My lord, the body has already been transported."

At this time, Jia Shanyao and Lu Yuan led the four dragon guards, and hurriedly brought in a corpse, which was naturally the body of Du Ning, deputy supervisor of the Gunpowder Bureau.

"Replace the body as it was when he was found yesterday."

Sun Shaozong didn't even look at it, but gave a casual command, as if in slow motion, inspecting the gun racks on the long table inch by inch.

Seeing him so meticulous, Lu Yuan naturally didn't dare to fool around, and he and Zhu Shan checked each other's deficiencies to make up for the omissions. It was with great difficulty that the corpse was restored to the appearance when the crime was committed.

It can be seen that Sun Shaozong hasn't finished the slow motion yet, and they dare not step forward and interrupt.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, I saw Sun Shaozong approaching with a solemn face. He was not in a hurry to examine the corpse, but first asked: "What repair tools can be stored in this warehouse? For example, hammers and axes. of?"

"It never happened."

Zhu Shan immediately shook his head and said: "On weekdays, only Mrs. Du comes in and out. Even if something really breaks, there is no need for him to do it. Some of our gunpowder bureaus are craftsmen."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Shan said with some doubts: "My lord has found something suspicious, otherwise why did he suddenly ask about it?"

Sun Shaozong did not answer his question, but instead asked: "You said before that even Du Ning, who is in charge of the warehouse, is subject to a body search when he enters and exits on weekdays. A body search will only be conducted when it comes out of the warehouse?"

"This one……"

Zhu Shan and Lu Yuan exchanged glances before hesitated: "According to the regulations, it is natural to check in and out, but generally when you enter the door, you will only check the objects outside, and you will only search carefully when you come out."

Sun Shaozong immediately asked again: "In other words, if he brings something in close to his body, he won't be spotted?"

"This... it should be."

Zhu Shan hesitated for a moment, but nodded.

"Come on!"

Sun Shaozong immediately gave an order and said: "Look through me carefully to see if there is anything in this warehouse that shouldn't be there!"

Jia Shanyao and the four dragon guards quickly responded, and then called out a team of people from outside, and carried out a carpet-like search according to Sun Shaozong's meaning.

And Sun Shaozong himself was not idle, squatting in front of the corpse, and conducting a careful investigation.

This Duning is about forty years old, very thin, but with a big pie face. In addition, there are obvious dark circles around his eyes, and his sleep condition should not be very good recently.

The corpse was lying on the ground with its head, south and north, ~www.readwn.com~ There was only half a meter between its feet and the gun holder on the south side.

The fatal wound was a copper coin-sized blood hole in the heart. As for the murder weapon, it was naturally the bayonet sent along with the corpse.

By the way, the bayonet holder was also left alone on the gun rack, while the third gun rack only had a musket. No bayonet was placed. Obviously, the murderer stole two complete muskets, including the bayonet.

Both hands of the deceased were irregularly curved, and the recently rubbed cocoons and blisters on the tiger's mouth had begun to swell. It is estimated that they have not been subjected to the same friction in the past one or two days.

In addition, the cuffs of the deceased's hands were stained with splashes of blood.

Looking down, there is no abnormality in the legs.

Both feet...

"this is!"

When inspecting the sole of the left foot of the deceased, Sun Shaozong suddenly felt his eyes lit up, but only saw that a translucent object with a large sesame grain was stuck on the heel!