Detective in the Red Chamber

——Feng Yinglong.

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After asking the confessions of several major persons in charge, and comparing them with other confessions recorded by the yamen servants, Chen Jingde also happened to rush over with Wei Yi's confession and two officials from Dali Temple.

According to the rules, it was supposed to be sent back to Dali Temple for inspection.

However, Sun Shaozong was really not at ease about the professional level of these two assistants.

Taking into account that they brought autopsy equipment with them, Sun Shaozong simply ordered people to collect materials from the local area, and built a simple autopsy table in the backyard shed.

Sun Shaozong sat horizontally at the door of the work shed, paying attention to the dissection process inside, while discussing the case with Chen Jingde and Huang Bin.

During the whole process, the young celestial master and the two middle-aged Taoist priests have been watching with cold eyes.

Sun Shaozong didn't deliberately drive them away. For things like showing his attitude, the previous conflict is enough, and there is no need to offend people to death.

Of course, because of the presence of these three outsiders, Sun Shaozong inevitably had some reservations when analyzing the case.

"grown ups."

Summarizing all the details of the scene from corner to corner, the supervisor sent here by the Ministry of Industry: Feng Yinglong, the head of the Zhengliupin Repair Department, hurried over.

This Feng Yinglong was in his early thirties, and although he was not a high-ranking official, he might be in charge of such a big project, but he could still be regarded as a powerful figure in the Ministry of Industry.

But in the face of Sun Shaozong, his "achievements" are not worth mentioning, especially since he just got involved in a serious life-threatening case, and his future is unpredictable.

Therefore, he kept his attitude extremely low, and when he was still two feet away, his back slumped straight down. When he stood in front of Sun Shaozong, he bowed as if there was a pot on his spine.

Raising his hands above his head, he sent a newly transcribed list of people to Sun Shaozong:

"My lord, according to your wishes, I have transcribed all the people who have worked in the palace since the last inspection in the palace."

After a pause, he further added: "Among them, those who have asked for leave, and those who have been working for a few days and will not be used later, all are circled with a red pen."

Sun Shaozong nodded noncommittally, took the roster in his hand and scanned it, and found that there were about [-] or [-] names on it, and those circled with cinnabar pen accounted for more than [-]%.

Good luck!

Fortunately, this case didn't happen until after the beginning of winter. The main construction tasks have been completed, leaving only some corner technical work.

Otherwise, if it was two months in the morning, the scope of this list would be expanded by at least five or six times!

"grown ups."

Just as he was rejoicing, Feng Yinglong carefully asked for instructions: "Is there anything else that needs to be done in a lowly position?"

Sun Shaozong waved his hand: "Boss Feng, you and I have no subordinate relationship, so there is no need to mention the word humble."

"Adults don't know."

When Feng Yinglong heard this, he quickly apologized and said with a smile: "The humble job used to work next to Jia Guozhang, and he often heard about the great achievements of the lord, so he has admired the lord for a long time. This "humble post" can be said to be a wishful, wishful thinking."

It turned out to be Jia Zheng's old department.

This officialdom is really big and small.

Although he knew that he was trying to get along with him, since he had Jia Zheng's old affection, Sun Shaozong's attitude became more amiable, and he chatted with him for a few idle words before sending him away.

After Feng Yinglong left, Sun Shaozong looked down at the roster for a while, then asked for a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to write and draw on the paper.

Chen Jingde and Huang Bin naturally didn't dare to disturb him.

But the young celestial master held it in for a long time, but finally he couldn't hold it anymore, and explained a few words to the two middle-aged Taoist priests beside him, and suddenly raised his voice: "Master Sun, you have asked this question for a long time, have you ever asked?" find out……"

Before he finished speaking, Sun Shaozong suddenly stood up.

Because he had already suffered a loss before, the young celestial master subconsciously took half a step back, putting his hand on the long sword with a look of vigilance.

Unexpectedly, Sun Shaozong didn't even look at him, he greeted Huang Bin directly and said: "Captain Huang, come in with me to see the autopsy results."

Huang Bin took the order, also did not even look at the young celestial master, bowed and followed Sun Shaozong into the work shed.

"hateful!"

Young Celestial Master was furious immediately, and was about to draw his sword again, but was persuaded by two middle-aged Taoists, one on the left and the other on the right, who had been preparing for a long time.

Although the young celestial master refrained from using force, he still couldn't help complaining: "A few days ago, when I went to the Zhongshun Palace, even King Zhongshun was polite to us. So arrogant?!"

The two middle-aged Taoist priests laughed together, but they didn't respond to his words. Instead, one of them asked for instructions: "Young Celestial Master, should we follow in? After all, Daoist Hongyuan has told us to keep an eye on the officials." Every move."

Hearing this, the young celestial master frowned and looked into the shed, then turned his handsome face aside for a while, and said with a sneer, "I want to go with you, my young master is too lazy to look at that cold face surnamed Sun!"

The two middle-aged Taoist priests saw that although his face was fierce, his color had already faded when he looked closely, and they felt a little speechless.

Looking at each other, one of the Taoist priests followed.

But after a while, the Taoist backed out with a pale complexion.

Although I have often seen corpses when doing things, but this scene of disembowelling and gutting is the first time I have seen it in my life.

Seeing his distressed appearance, the young celestial master rolled his eyes and muttered 'useless things', but he was very happy in his heart.

at the same time.

Seeing the Taoist priest staggered and escaped, Huang Bin grinned and said in a hoarse voice: "My lord, you asked Mr. Feng to collect the list of craftsmen, but you suspect that there are ghosts hidden in it?"

Sun Shaozong turned his head and glanced at him, and spread his hands out of the way: "What did you draw just now, let me see it."

Huang Bin hurriedly handed over the pamphlet recording the confession, but he saw a few men with roe-headed rats on it, carrying a ladder in front of the main hall, pointing fingers at the headless corpse.

However, the most pen and ink in the whole painting is not a living person, let alone a corpse, but the ladder carried on their shoulders.

Sure enough, he is a smart one!

The reason why Sun Shaozong suspected that there was an inner ghost was also because of these few ladders.

Whether it was early or late, the murderer chose to commit the crime the day before the craftsmen were going to use the ladders. If it was just a coincidence, it would be difficult to explain clearly.

"Then what do you think?"

Sun Shaozong threw the handbook back to him, and further examined the school: "Among the 80 or [-] people, where should we start to investigate?"

"Of course it's those Liba who beat me!"

Huang Bin replied without hesitation: "The villain has already inquired about it just now, and Liba is not very familiar with the craftsmen, and Liba usually talks about when the delicate work will be completed, and what to do next." Nothing, it's all gone."

"If the traitor is hiding inside, it must be investigated in advance, so the suspects of these powers are the easiest to find out!"

Even if this Huang Bin is in the criminal police team of later generations, he can be regarded as the top of the middle.

And among the yamen servants who have hardly received much professional training, they are even called top-notch figures!

It's a pity that his background is too low, and he doesn't know many characters. Unless he makes military achievements in this life, he will be at the eighth or ninth rank at most.

Feeling regretful in his heart, Sun Shaozong handed over the things he wrote just now to Huang Bin: "Then, according to your wishes, first lead people to investigate those Liba separately——ask me one by one the above questions."

Chapter 842 'Tian' Mansion [Part [-]]

[The reasoning of the case is not going well... the first six thousand words failed in one day, and let me, Han Haoniao, fight the rivers and lakes again tomorrow! 】

After sending Huang Bin out to investigate those craftsmen, Sun Shaozong went directly to the autopsy table.

The autopsy table was built with local materials and wood piled up in the backyard, and it was covered with a layer of old leather that I didn't know where to buy.

In addition, there were six pots of charcoal fire set up around the dissecting table, and it was as if you were in a steamer when you got close.

This was because the corpse had been hanging outside the main hall door for most of the night, like a frozen stone. Naturally, it had to be thawed before certain clues could emerge.

However, when Sun Shaozong came to the autopsy table, he stretched out his hand and poked the calf of the corpse. Seeing that the flesh had returned to softness, he immediately kneaded it inch by inch, starting from the ankle.

The results of the examination were: the deceased's calf bones were slightly deformed, and the muscles at the knee joints were obviously different from other places in terms of touch, which was suspected to be the result of repeated stagnation.

There is no sign of wear on the thigh, which shows that these abnormalities are not caused by long-term riding.

Combined with the head and clothes taken away by the murderer, the possibility that the deceased was a Taoist priest sitting cross-legged for many years has greatly increased.

And if his identity is assumed to be a Taoist priest, generally speaking, there will be the following two inferences.

One is the enemy of the Tianshi Mansion, in order to provoke and smear the Tianshi Mansion, so they killed the Taoists of the Tianshi Mansion, or the Taoists who had a relationship with the Tianshi Mansion, and hung them outside the main hall.

But in this case, the murderer didn't seem to need to take away the head and clothes of the deceased, but was eager to let the identity of the deceased be revealed.

The other is internal strife. After killing the victim, the murderer concocted an illusion that all of this was done by the opponents of the Tianshi Mansion.

But this is even more difficult to explain, his behavior of taking away the head and body of the dead.

Could it be...

What evidence was left on the head and clothes of the deceased?

Or is the identity of the deceased somehow related to the murderer?

While deliberating the case, one of the assistants came up and said cautiously: "My lord, the contents of the deceased's stomach have been checked clearly. They are all light vegetarian food, and there is nothing meaty."

This is more and more like a monk.

Of course, lay Buddhists who have never become monks also meditate and eat fast for a long time-but ordinary lay Buddhists who practice at home rarely start to devote themselves to Taoism in their teens.

"Other than that, did you find anything else?"

"And..."

Together with his companion, the coworker turned the corpse 45 degrees sideways, pointed to the two bruises on the left shoulder blade and the back of the neck, and said: "After the corpse thawed, there were two marks on the back, which seemed to have been pressed vigorously before death. look."

Sun Shaozong leaned forward and looked carefully for a while, then frowned noncommittally, then raised the dead man's left arm and swung it back and forth for observation.

The two foremen looked at it inexplicably, but because of their status, they didn't dare to ask anything.

After putting down the left arm of the deceased, Sun Shaozong asked again: "Have you found any signs of poisoning?"

The reason why he asked this was because although the deceased had traces of vigorous pressing, there were no traces of struggle.

Especially the left arm of the deceased.

Under normal circumstances, when the shoulder blades are firmly pressed down, there will always be signs of struggle at the joints, but after careful observation just now, no similar signs were found.

But they said that after hearing Sun Shaozong's question, the two officials looked at each other and shook their heads in unison—this was not meant to be negative, but they were not sure whether the deceased had been poisoned during his lifetime.

There is no way, there are no various scientific instruments at present, and many toxins are difficult to detect as long as they do not reach the amount of destroying organs.

And apart from those two traces, the authors found nothing more.

On the contrary, Sun Shaozong himself found a shallow imprint on the collarbone of the deceased.

The imprint was somewhat blurred, and it was not far from the iron nail on the chest, so most of it was covered by blood. If it wasn't for Sun Shaozong's sharp eyes, he might have missed it.

After cleaning up the blood stains, one can only vaguely see that it is a rectangular outline, and the edges are protruding - if not for this, I am afraid that even this shallow outline cannot be pressed out.

Sun Shaozong pondered for a while, and told the two assistants to check carefully again, and then he went out of the work shed.

As soon as he came out, he found that there was another young Taoist outside—but it was clear from the standing position that this new young Taoist was obviously not an important person.

Sun Shaozong ignored the young celestial master, and asked one of the middle-aged Taoist priests, "Is there anyone missing from your celestial master's residence in the capital?"

"Humph!"

Before the middle-aged Taoist could reply, the stern-faced young celestial master sneered, and then raised his chin to the young Taoist behind him: "Junior Brother Wang, tell him clearly!"

"Yes."

The young Taoist respectfully responded, and the more people came out, he bowed his hands to Sun Shaozong and said: "The little Daoist King Chuyi has met Mr. Sun. Ever since he heard that there was a murder case in the Tianshi Mansion, Master Hongyuan, the master, ordered the disciples in Beijing to meet up. Then I informed Zhengyi Dao in Beijing."

"After half a day of investigation, and confirming that all the disciples of my Tianshifu are safe and sound, the rest of the Zhengdao people in Beijing are not missing either."

Sun Shaozong was not surprised by this. If the identity of the deceased could be found out so easily, then what's the use of the murderer taking away his head and clothes?

Just as he was hesitating whether to use the matter of the rectangular mark on the chest of the deceased to test these Taoists, Wang Chuyi said again: "My master asked Xiaodao to give you a word. He is now presiding over Jia The Daoist's religious affairs really cannot be separated from him, if you have time at night, please take the time to go to the Ningguo Mansion to talk about it."

Unexpectedly, at such a time, the emperor would even send Daoist Hongyuan to preside over Jia Jing's ritual ceremony.

Speaking of this Daoist Hongyuan, it is rumored that in the contemporary Tianshi Mansion, one person is under one person and more than ten thousand people. He is skilled in magic and human emotions. Last spring, as the pioneer of Tianshi Mansion, he won the emperor's letter shortly after entering Beijing Heavy.

This newly built Tianshi mansion was proposed by him at the beginning, in order to pave the way for Zhang Tianshi to become famous.

The reason why Sun Shaozong has heard of his name is because of the recent dispute between the North and the South Taoism, it is said that the disciples of Daoist Hongyuan started it first.

At present, there is such a big mistake in the Tianshi Mansion, but the emperor appointed him to preside over the religious affairs of the Ningguo Mansion, which shows that the grandeur of this holy family is far beyond the comparison of ordinary people.

To be honest, if the real Hongyuan invited Sun Shaozong to visit him, he would definitely refuse.

But to Ningguo Mansion...

It can barely be regarded as a home game, so let's talk about the case with him while picking up Second Sister You.

Just to see, who is this legendary master who can drive ghosts and gods.