The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 115: The Blood Word Misgiving [Part 1]

On August 27th, in the Northern Town of the Dragon Imperial Guard.

"The deceased's arms were bent inward and his hands were grasping, but there was no cut in the palm of his hand. It can be inferred that he had tried to stop the penetration of the murder weapon with his hands, but he lost consciousness before he could finish the whole movement."

"Therefore, it can be further inferred that this attack must be very sudden!"

"The footprints on the scene are a little messy, so he can't judge the location of the murderer's surprise attack."

"However, judging from the depth of footprints and the distance between steps, the killer should be between five feet three inches and five feet five inches tall. He is either overweight or muscular."

"Shoes are common laminates. Judging from the clarity of lines, they should be a new pair of shoes."

"The ”blood character” was written in blood with the finger. After careful comparison and observation, it can be determined that it came from the same person."

"But depending on the degree of the strangeness of the strokes, either the hand is not the habitual one, or the murderer does not often write. I prefer the former personally."

"Lord Sun, is there any omission in my sayings?"

These inferences were not made by Sun Shaozong, but by Qin Kejian, the Commander of the Northern Imperial Guard.

After noon, Sun Shaozong had a hard time waiting for the scholars to leave the Imperial Examination hall. He hurried to the Northern Town of the Imperial Guards to check the files transferred from Daxing County yesterday and the bodies of the victims.

As a result, Qin Kejian's reasoning was heard in the morgue of the Criminal Investigation Department.

Qin Kejian was the person sent by the Northern Town of the Imperial Guard to investigate the case. He has also been serving as a detective for many years, and he has solved many cases. It’s just that the cases investigated by the Northern Town of the Imperial Guard were usually not publicly publicized, so he has never been famous.

At a young age, Sun Shaozong was not only famous a hundred times more than him, but also held a higher official position. Qin Kejian inevitably felt uncomfortable.

If Sun Shaozong was only the Assistant Prefectural Magistrate of the Criminal Department, Qin Kejian might not even let him enter the morgue. But Sun Shaozong not only held the official title of Dragon Guard but he was also valued by Eunuch Dai.

Therefore, Qin Kejian could only try to overwhelm Sun Shaozong in the professional field.

However, in the face of Qin Kejian's aggressive eyes, Sun Shaozong just smiled and applauded, "Lord Qin's analysis is wonderful, but what Lord Qin speculates about the identity of the murderer?"

"Regarding this…"

Qin Kejian's eyes suddenly flickered and stammered. "With the vigilance and skill of the dead, strangers want to get close to him, and the probability of a sudden attack is extremely low. So I originally concluded that it was probably an acquaintance's crime, but..."

Shen Lian sneered and interrupted, "But after Lord Qin interrogated us, brothers, for a long time, but found that we had no time to commit the crime!"

Lu Jianxing also said in a deep voice, "It's not just the two of us, all the colleagues of the Criminal Investigation Department and some friends of Yichuan also had a clear alibi yesterday."

Shen Lian asked aggressively, "What's more is that if an acquaintance really wants to kill Yichuan, what about the three victims before?!"

"Second Brother!"

Seeing Qin Kejian's face was getting worse and worse, Lu Jianxing hurriedly pulled Shen Lian's hand and said, "Lord Qin, my brother lost his sense of propriety just because he was in a hurry. Please don't take his words to heart!"

"Hmph!"

Qin Kejian shook his sleeve and sneered, "I'm not in the mood to take you into account!"

With these words, he pointed the spear at Sun Shaozong again and said provocatively, "I wonder what your opinion is on this case. Can you let me listen to you?"

Sun Shaozong was thinking with his head down. When he heard this, he looked up at Qin Kejian and asked him slowly, "When did Lord Qin take over this case?"

Qin Kejian said without thinking, "Yesterday afternoon. After receiving the order from the Governor, I immediately went to investigate!"

"Hehe..."

Sun Shaozong shook his head and said with a smile, "Lord Qin has investigated for more than ten hours, but you haven't checked the body carefully yet, let alone the murder scene. Lord Qin forced me to say something. Don't you think it's too abrupt?"

Hearing what he said, Qin Kejian felt that he had gone too far, but he didn't think Sun Shaozong could find out more.

So he said, "In this case, please check the body here. I have other clues to follow. Farewell!"

With these words, he gave Sun Shaozong a limp salute and didn't even bother to look at Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian. He then left the morgue.

"Don't take it seriously, My Lord."

Seeing Qin Kejian go away in frustration, Lu Jianxing habitually said, "Lord Qin has always been like this. Otherwise, he would not have made many achievements, but it would have been difficult to be promoted."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but feel sorry for Qin Kejian.

Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "This man is a bit conceited, but his reasoning ideas may not be wrong."

Lu Jianxing was stunned, frowned, and said, "What do you mean, do you also suspect that an acquaintance committed the crime?"

"Your Excellency."

Shen Lian held his hand and said, "To be honest, my brother has been around in the Jianghu for a while, so he is more alert than my Big Brother and me. Even the brothers in the Criminal Investigation Department may not be able to trick him into killing him at night."

After a pause, he said, "What's more, Qin Kejian has also found out that everyone in the Criminal Investigation Department has a clear alibi."

"As long as you are careful, you can forge a witness."

Sun Shaozong said this, but he added, "Of course, this is just a direction of suspicion, or maybe the murderer is a top expert who is good at assassinating. What we need to do now is to confirm the attitude of the murderer when he killed!"

"Attitude when killing?"

Shen Lian said suspiciously, "How can we confirm this?"

"Wounds, handwriting."

Sun Shaozong explained, "The emotions when committing crimes are different, and there will be differences in strength, angle, and plan. As long as it is carefully observed, maybe we will be able to find out any clues."

"Maybe?"

"Of course, it’s maybe. Who is sure there is no clue before the investigation?"

Sun Shaozong said and then ordered, "Shen Lian, go find two corpse examiners; Lu Jianxing, help me put on the clothes with blood characters for the victim, and remember to match the blood stains on his innerwear as much as possible. Well, forget about the one soaked in rain."

Hearing this, Lu Jianxing immediately followed Sun Shaozong's instructions.

Shen Lian loved to ask why. He frowned and said, "Why is that, Lord? Isn't it easier to check the handwriting when the clothes are put together?"

Sun Shaozong also explained, "The ”blood character” was deeply inked. It can be seen that the murderer used some strength when writing. The human body is not a piece of white paper but has muscles and bones. Therefore, when clothes are pasted on it, the same strength may not leave the same mark!"

"By the way, it's better to find the person who found the body and put it back the same way as it was when it was found."