Dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty, I was working as a detective in Chang'an

Since receiving the case of Mai Laoguang, we have visited a large number of neighbors. They all said that Mai Laoguang has always been low-key. He moved to Chang'an County from Guangdong 13 years ago and opened a mom-and-pop shop. No one was seen with him. They also felt strange that they had such a big hatred against someone and killed them so cruelly.

When we asked why we didn’t hear anything despite such a bloody tragedy that night, the neighbors shook their heads and said they hadn’t heard anything. If it hadn’t been for the barking of the dog in the morning, they wouldn’t have discovered that a human life had occurred in the store.

The scene of the crime was very strange. There were not many signs of a fight. A man with two small feet had such great strength that he could kill the boss's wife with a knife. He could also accurately avoid Mai Laoguang's vital points and carry out the murder. What's even more strange is that It was Mai Laoguang who didn't shout for help. Isn't that strange?

It has been two days since this case occurred, and there are still no clues. This should be a secret room murder case. There is no sign that the house has been disturbed, and the two gold ingots placed under the bed are still there, which shows that the murderer did not come here for money. If it wasn't a robbery, it was either a love killing or a vendetta.

While we were having a headache over this case, someone reported that an old man working the clock found a male corpse under Ping'an Bridge in Beicheng during the fifth shift. Since the cause of death was almost the same as that of Mai Laoguang, we suspected that the murderer was committed by one person. , so the case was handed over to our Chang'an County for handling, and we immediately rushed to the scene of the crime.

This is a place that is not desolate. Ping'an Bridge is located on the moat. Although Beicheng is not as prosperous as Chang'an County, there are still people coming and going. The corpse was lying quietly under the bridge. He looked about 40 years old and was lying head down. There were dozens of stab wounds on his body, but none of them were fatal. His lower body had been cut off, and there was a large pool of blood. , he was also pained to death.

This unknown man's corpse was surprisingly the same as Mai Laoguang's death method. There were still no signs of fighting, there were still small footprints around, and no one heard the shouts, but this time it was outdoors.

We transported the body back to Yizhuang, and Fatty began to conduct an autopsy. He said:

"Judging from the wounds of the three deceased, the murderer should have some common sense about the structure of the human body. He knew how to kill with one knife, and also knew how to make the injured die of torture. All the wounds had physiological reactions, indicating that they were injured before death. The cruelty of the method should indicate the deep hatred between him and the deceased."

I said, "Since the murder method is the same and it may be the same murderer, why did the murderer kill them? What is the connection between them?"

The fat man shook his head and said, "I don't know. Let's find out the source of the body."

Soon someone came to identify the body, saying it was his husband, named Wu Xing. He was asked to go out for a drink yesterday and never came back. When she heard that a body was found under the Ping An Bridge, she was worried about her husband, so she came to identify the body.

The person who came to identify the body was a woman in her thirties. She looked at the body under the Ping An Bridge and said that she was his husband. They had just gotten married a few days ago, and they never thought that something like this would happen. He burst into tears.

I asked: "Do you know Mai Laoguang?"

The woman looked confused and said she didn't know him. When we showed her Mai Laoguang's body, she kept shaking her head and said she didn't know him and had never seen him before.

I asked the woman: "How did you meet your husband Wu Xing?"

The woman cried: "I am a widow. I was introduced to the Wu family by a matchmaker. He is from Guangdong. He came to Chang'an 13 years ago and usually does some small business. He is an old bachelor. Although he has little money, I think he is quite good." To be honest, I am a dead man myself, so I agreed to marry her."

"You said your husband went drinking with someone yesterday. Do you know who he drank with?" I asked.

The woman said: "He never tells me anything about him. He usually talks very little, and I don't dare to ask more questions. He has a bad temper."

Fatty and I decided to return to the scene of the crime to see if we could find any more clues. Xiao Tianbao also wanted to go. Although he is not old, he has a sense of justice in his bones and knows some very eccentric knowledge, so We decided to take him with us this time too.

The three of us returned to Mai Laoguang's shop.

These are three bungalows. The largest room is used as their shop to entertain diners. The one on the far left is the kitchen and the one on the far right is the bedroom.

When the crime occurred that night, the chairs on the ground were put away on the table, and the first female victim died near the door, which means that someone knocked on the door at night and was killed with a knife when the door was opened. Mai Laoguang's body was killed near the kitchen. He may have heard the noise and was attacked when he came out of the kitchen.

When we first went to the crime scene, we found that the stove was still warm, and there was rice cooking on it. It should be used to steam siomai the next day, and the strange floral aroma was stronger in the kitchen than outside. Some.

When we came to the kitchen for the second time, the fire on the stove had long been extinguished. Except for the fragrance of rice, the floral fragrance was still there.

I said to Fatty and Xiao Tianbao: "Did you smell a very special smell?"

Tianbao came to the scene of the crime for the first time. He smelled it carefully and said, "Brother Guo, this should be the fragrance of datura flowers. This fragrance can cause hallucinations and confusion."

I said in surprise: "Good boy, do you even know this?"

Xiao Tianbao scratched his head and said: "We have been walking around the world since childhood, and we know some things about the world. Many people use Datura flowers to make a spice. As long as it is lit and the concentration is enough, people will soon lose consciousness. Generally, Ecstasy is faster."

If Datura was used, it would explain why Mai Laoguang didn't shout for a fight. He might have been poisoned by Datura before he was killed and became unconscious, so he was stabbed. So many knives but no resistance.

But here comes the problem. This is a secret room with no windows. If he used the datura incense after entering through the door, it wouldn't be able to stun him so quickly. He should be released first. The datura incense came into the room later, but how did he put the datura incense in?

Another point, shouldn't the murderer be a paper man, who can float out through the crack in the door? The door was bolted, how could he escape?

We started searching in all the rooms again, and suddenly I found clues in the kitchen.