The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 119: Fake the Inference [Part 1]

Sun Shaozong had more confidence in the news that Feng Xin accidentally revealed.

However, if he wanted this detail to play its role, he had to choose a suitable opportunity.

Fortunately, it's not urgent. There would always be an opportunity.

"Your Excellency."

Sun Shaozong was pondering, when he saw Feng Xin leaning forward and asked, "I heard that you went to investigate the ”blood character serial murder case” yesterday?"

Sun Shaozong said strangely, "Why, are you also interested in this case?"

"I'm not interested in the case, but I heard that Jin Yichuan is very fond of collecting human skins!" Feng Xin said, "It's said that he even sleeps with human skin. He almost takes that thing as his wife. Is this true, My Lord?"

Jin Yichuan did have a knack for skinning and cramping, but that was to extort confessions by torture, so he shouldn't have such a perverse hobby... Right?

Sun Shaozong frowned and said, "What kind of bullshit is this?! Where did you hear that?"

"On the streets! The 49 cities have spread this rumor all over their country, and that's not all!"

Feng Xin broke his finger and said, "It's said that he once got a small fortune from a pregnant woman and caused her miscarriage to make contributions. Another time, he lost a martial arts contest and falsely accused someone of keeping restricted items, resulting in exterminating everyone in his family."

Hearing that Feng Xin was so familiar with every saying, Sun Shaozong's eyebrows grew tighter and tighter.

Jin Yichuan has only been dead for three days now. He was working with the Northern Dragon Guards. It was supposed that the information would be blocked relatively tightly. How could there be so many rumors?

Besides, such absurd and strange rumors, would anyone believe them?

"Why not?"

Feng Xin said doubtfully, "Aren't all the dead ahead worse than each other? The captor can forcibly occupy people's ancestral houses, wives, and daughters. Jin Yichuan has done more evil than he seemed, right?"

The dead were the worse ones than the others?

This remark was like a clairvoyant's, which immediately gave Sun Shaozong a new idea!

He had never understood before how the murderer used the ABC murder strategy to kill Jin Yichuan, but he did not bother to cover up the suspicion of an acquaintance.

Was it possible that the murderer killed the first three people, not to hide his identity, but to use calculating moves to let Jin Yichuan die?!

The more he thought about it, the more likely it was. Sun Shaozong simply got up and said, "Old Feng, I have something urgent to go to the North Town Dragon Guard. I won't keep you today!"

Feng Xin was stunned. He thought he had said something wrong. Later, he saw that Sun Shaozong was in a hurry, but he didn't look angry. So he left quickly.

After seeing Feng Xin off in a hurry, Sun Shaozong asked people to get their mounts ready and hurried to the Northern Dragon Guards.

It was a silent journey.

When they arrived at the Detective Department's courtyard, they saw Qin Kejian, Lu Jianxing, and Shen Lian sitting together, frowning.

"Your Excellency!"

Seeing that Sun Shaozong came in, Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian quickly got up and saluted. Qin Kejian also reluctantly arched his hand.

Sun Shaozong didn't have time to argue with him at this time, but he quickly roared out his speculation.

It's said that the murderer not only killed Jin Yichuan but also released many rumors to ruin his reputation. Lu Jianxing and Shen Lian were both indignant.

Qin Kejian frowned and pondered for a while, but said, "Even if it is true, what's the meaning? Isn’t it the same that it is difficult to infer the identity of the murderer?"

"Duh!"

Sun Shaozong came forward, took the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and put them on the table, then said, "Since we have speculated about the reasons for his inconsistent behavior, then these fragmented clues can barely be combined into a story!"

"First of all, the murderer did not kill the other three people to hide his identity, but to stink up the reputation of Yichuan!"

"But he killed them one by one, which made the city panic. Isn't the murderer afraid Jin Yichuan will be more alert and become difficult to attack?"

"However, he did not seem to be worried about this, and he did kill Yichuan in a close attack under the circumstances of fear!"

Speaking of this, Sun Shaozong wrote on the white paper that the murderer was someone Jin Yichuan would not suspect.

He then continued, "Secondly, to connect the four cases, the murderer always leaves some marks."

"But he didn't leave a mark, but he left the words ”Divine Jugdement” and challenged me, so..."

He took up his pen and wrote on the paper, “The murderer was a very proud and conceited person.”

"Moreover, the murderer took so much effort to make Yichuan have a nasty reputation after his death. If there is no deep hatred, it will never be so."

"But the murderer knew that Jin Yichuan would never suspect him and that he was also a proud and conceited person. There was no reason why he would endure for a long time without taking action."

With these words, Sun Shaozong once again wrote on the paper that the murderer and Jin Yichuan had recently forged a deep hatred, and Jin Yichuan did not know it.

"What's more, the murderer could have used the previous three cases to avoid being suspected of being an acquaintance, but he did not do so."

"Does that mean that he doesn't care about our investigation of Yichuan's relatives and friends?"

Sun Shaozong wrote in the paper again, “The murderer was not Jin Yichuan's acquaintance.”

Finally, he picked up the paper, dried the ink on it, and reorganized it again, "Therefore, it can be inferred that the murderer was a person who was not familiar with Jin Yichuan, but for some reason would not arouse Jin Yichuan's vigilance."

"This man has recently forged a deep hatred with Jin Yichuan for some things."

"But this hatred is not explicit but hidden, even indirect, so Jin Yichuan himself did not know it."

"Therefore, the murderer launched a series of actions with the intention of letting Jin Yichuan die in disgrace, and he also provoked me with great arrogance."

With these words, he took up his pen and wrote down the words ”some reason” and ”some things,” and then drew a circle on the words ”some reason.”

He then continued, "It is impossible to infer the exact cause of the hatred, but Yichuan lost his vigilance against an unfamiliar person for whatever reason, we can give it a guess now."

As he spoke, he wrote down the words ”intimate” and ”power.”

"I think the reason is probably not beyond these two words. First, the word "intimate"..."

"Your Excellency."

Lu Jianxing reminded, "Yichuan is an orphan."

"I know he is an orphan."

Sun Shaozong shrugged his shoulders and said, "Besides, even if his relatives are not familiar with him, they will also be suspected. The word "intimate" refers to the relatives of the people close to him, such as their parents, wives, and children. They are not familiar with Yichuan, but they can..."

"Your Excellency."

Lu Jianxing also said, "My parents died early, and I have no wife or children at home."

Shen Lian also arched his hand and said, "I'm also an orphan, and I haven't married yet."

Fine~

The three Lonely Stars together are a perfect match!

Sun Shaozong ticked off the word "intimate" and said, "Let's talk about the word "power"..."