Warm fragrance cloud around

That's right, the touch of Cai Cai's hand told Lin Junnuan very clearly that the deceased was a man dressed in women's clothing.

Cheng Jiangyun, who has always been calm, choked up when he heard this: "A man?"

He stretched out his hand to pull Lin Junnuan away, squatted down and probed the dead body, and his expression became very strange in an instant.

"You just... forget it, it's okay." It's better not to ask such an embarrassing question.

As a man, the deceased's figure was obviously too weak and petite, and his skin was as soft and white as snow. Wearing a fancy women's attire, coupled with his face being scratched, almost everyone would mistake him for his gender.

Originally, seeing Cheng Jiangyun bringing someone here, Lin Junnuan was a little bit happy, but because of the embarrassing scene just now, she was in a bad mood, and now that she is Miss Lin, her mother is not far away She waited everywhere, and she couldn't get too close to Cheng Shaoqing openly, so she had to take out the handkerchief to wipe her hands, saluted Cheng Jiangyun like a lady, and then turned and left with regret.

Before leaving, she gestured to Cheng Jiangyun, "See you at Dali Temple tomorrow." Cheng Shaoqing obviously understood, and nodded casually, but after she left, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Dali Temple was not supposed to be in charge of this case today. When the reporter went to Jingzhao Mansion, he was having some trivial matter there. On the grounds that "the impact of the case is too great", he volunteered to take over the investigation right of this case.

And the follow-up development did not disappoint him. Lin Junnuan was indeed at the scene, and he was still keen on investigating the case.Even though it was the first time he had seen her in female attire, and even though he only saw her back from a distance at first, he could definitely recognize that the person squatting beside the corpse was her.

But what happened next made him dumbfounded. Who would have thought that a "girl" dressed like a flower was actually a man.

Cheng Jiangyun withdrew his wandering thoughts and refocused on the corpse. When his eyes touched the dagger stuck in the corpse's chest, his eyes suddenly turned cold.

"Crimson flames, another red flame!"

Although Chi Yan's name is not well-known, in the eyes of a few insiders, he is also a very troublesome existence.

No one knows whether Chi Yan is a single person or a multi-person cooperative killer organization. His behavior is said to be very secretive, but he does not restrain himself when committing crimes. Only Cheng Jiangyun knows that the one who died at the hands of Chi Yan is There are five people.However, the target of Chi Yan's attack was not chosen randomly. All of these people were good people who were praised by everyone in their lives, but not long after they were killed, they were all exposed to all kinds of sinister and dirty things they had done in the past. Scold.

Chi Yan's method of murder is very sophisticated and meticulous. He has never revealed his whereabouts before and after the murder, but he will use a dagger as a murder weapon without exception. The iconic red flame is engraved on the dagger, which is also the origin of the name "Chi Yan".

However, Chi Yan's active time was mainly concentrated five or six years ago, and he has almost disappeared in recent years. Cheng Jiangyun heard about the crime he committed from the mouths of other seniors in Dali Temple, and also saw the dagger he left behind. Exactly the same as today.

But I don't know why Chi Yan, who has been hiding his whereabouts for several years, will kill again?

In any case, the most important thing at present is to find out the identity of the deceased.

The women's clothing worn by the deceased was the most popular style recently in the clothing store in the capital. There were many people wearing it in the streets and alleys, but there was nothing special about it. There are three or four taels of silver, but no banknotes.There is hardly any identity-related information found on the body alone.

Cheng Jiangyun asked his subordinates to count everyone who was at Qiandiao Lake that day, and no one was found missing, and no one had ever witnessed the murderer or other suspicious persons; Residents, still failed to find any clues related to the deceased.

The capital is a place where fish and dragons are mixed, and there are countless people from all over the country. This greatly increases the difficulty of finding people. After a whole night, the relatives of the deceased still did not come to report the crime. People, but the deceased's appearance was completely destroyed, and there were countless gender-confusing clothes. The hope of getting effective clues was very slim, so I gave up thinking about it.

***

As for Lin Junnuan, after bidding farewell to Cheng Shaoqing, she did not immediately go to find An's group, but quietly took a few turns and turned into a clothing store called "Hua Xiangrong" in the West City of the capital. , while the shopkeeper was greeting the guests, he took a set of men's clothes and skillfully changed them on, and then swaggered in front of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper is a woman in her 30s. She was slightly taken aback when she saw her, and after seeing off the guests around her, she walked up to her and respectfully blessed her: "My lord, you are here."

"You don't need to be polite," Lin Junnuan said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a while, but Yunniang is so beautiful that I can't even look away."

What Meng Lang said was true, but the shopkeeper, Yun Niang, was not annoyed at all. She stroked her cheek with her backhand, and smiled coquettishly: "The young master has become more and more... handsome."

The two looked at each other and laughed together. After a long time, Yunniang restrained her smile and asked seriously: "I don't know why the young master came to the store today? Could it be that there is something wrong with the accounts?"

"No, no," Lin Junnuan shook his head again and again, "I'm most assured of Yunniang's work, and I'm here for another matter today."

She walked to the clothes rack in the store in two or three steps, took off two sets of women's dresses and looked through them, "I remember Yun Niang, you once said that when every clothing store makes clothes, there will be an inconspicuous one secretly left behind." Where is the logo of Hua Xiangrong, to avoid false accusations from customers with malicious intentions?"

"It's usually on the right side of the waist." Yunniang took the clothes and pointed them out to her. A tiny three-petal pattern was embroidered on the right waist with the same silk thread as the background color of the fabric. If Yunniang hadn't pointed it out specifically, she would It must not be seen.

Lin Junnuan asked again: "Do you know what signs other clothing stores in Beijing have?"

Yunniang thought about it for a while, and replied uncertainly: "I know about a few time-honored stores, but it's hard to say about the lesser-known stores. After all, there are too many garment stores in Beijing."

Lin Junnuan nodded to express his understanding, after all, it was also a clue, better than nothing.

"I'll come over with a suit in two days. Help me see if you can recognize which company made it."

After leaving "Hua Xiangrong", Lin Junnuan went to the small courtyard of Ahua's house again. Ahua was not at home, and Aunt Xiao made melon and fruit cakes for her with a smile on her face. Lin Junnuan couldn't hold back her enthusiasm and ate them all There were several pieces of crispy candy, almost not sweetened, so he quickly waved his hands and refused to eat any more.

"Ma'am, eat by yourself, eat by yourself."

Aunt Xiao grinned and said, "Oh, the old lady has lost all her teeth, how can she bite?"

"Then leave it to Ah Hua, where did he go today?"

"That kid, hey," Aunt Xiao sighed, approaching Lin Junnuan and whispered, "I'll tell you the truth, my wife suspects him, and she might want to marry a wife!"

Lin Junnuan was very interested in this topic: "Oh? Ma'am, what did you find?"

"The old woman sees him acting weird these days, smiling smirkingly at a wall all day, sighing for a while, asking him and not saying anything, she must be thinking about other girls!"

"Which girl?"

"I don't know, he doesn't say anything," Mrs. Xiao glanced in the direction of the kitchen, "Today I just stewed the hoof, young master, stay for dinner?"

Aunt Xiao's stewed braised pork knuckles has been eaten twice. Compared with the braised pork knuckles in major restaurants, she uses less seasoning, and the taste is not so rich and mellow, but it has a simple and pure homely flavor, and the taste is quite good of.

However, although the hoofs are delicious, she is not blessed to enjoy them. After sneaking around for so long today, she probably needs to be trained after returning home, so she dare not eat outside.

"I still have something to do today, I'll leave as soon as I see Ah Hua."

Lin Junnuan's eyes fell on the sewing basket on the kang. She had just put in the soles of the shoes when she came last time, and now she was almost finished, so she casually picked them up to have a look.

"Oh, these shoes are not finished," Aunt Xiao rubbed her hands a little embarrassedly: "The old lady accidentally hurt her hand halfway through, so she had to use her left hand to sew, and the seam was crooked."

Lin Junnuan held the shoes in front of her eyes and looked carefully. Sure enough, there was a small section of stitches that were slightly slanted in direction. The difference was so subtle that she wouldn't have noticed it if Mrs. Xiao hadn't reminded her.

A light flashed in her mind, and Lin Junnuan suddenly remembered that she felt something was wrong when she checked the corpse. At that time, she only thought it was the problem of the deceased man disguised as a woman, but now she finally discovered the real reason.

The dagger inserted in the chest of the deceased, the edge of the knife is slightly inclined from the right to the chest. Imagine the scene when the murderer committed the crime. He should be sitting on the deceased, holding the dagger in his right hand and inserting it into the chest of the deceased; however, the direction of the wound on the murderer's face is On the contrary, although it is not obvious, they all have a slight angle from left to right.

Lin Junnuan thought about it, and there may be three reasons for the inconsistent angle of the wound.

The first possibility is that the position of the murderer is different when killing and slapping the face. When killing, he sat on the body of the deceased, but when slapping the face, he moved to the front of the deceased's head.

However, in relation to the scratches on the ship board, the murderer should have never moved the body after committing the crime. In addition, the wound on the deceased's face bled very little, and there was no life reaction such as obvious contraction. It should be scratched after death. The head of the deceased was already very close to the stern of the boat, and it was impossible for a person to stand. Unless the murderer suddenly thought of scratching his face after killing someone and getting off the boat, this possibility can basically be ruled out.

The second possibility is that after the murder, the murderer's right hand was injured by some accident and could not use the knife, so he had to change his left hand to slash his face.The injury, which was so serious that even a few cuts on the dead man's face could not be done with a knife, was very likely to be the key clue to the murderer.

The third possibility is that the person who killed the deceased and the person who scratched the face of the deceased were not the same person.In this way, the case was much more complicated than she expected.

Seeing Lin Junnuan sitting on the kang, thinking ecstatically, Aunt Xiao didn't bother her, so she went to the kitchen to make dinner, and when she entered the room again, Lin Junnuan had already left.

"Didn't you say you wanted to find Ah Hua, why did you just leave?"

Aunt Xiao looked at the courtyard door regretfully and muttered, when Ah Hua suddenly opened the door and came in.

"Who's gone?"

"You brat, you still know how to come back!"

Aunt Xiao was not polite to Ah Hua, she grabbed a broom and beat him all over the yard. The noise of the grandparents and grandchildren scared the birds on the tree. government.