The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 181: The Case of Murder and Robbery in Chengwen Gate [Part 2]

Looking at the dead woman, who looked like Wang Xifeng, Sun Shaozong was stunned for a long time. Then he subconsciously asked, "What's the name of this woman? What's her usual disposition? Have you ever inquired about this?"

"Yes, I asked."

Zhao Wuwei hurriedly came up and said, "This woman is called Lv Huiniang. I heard that she is very shrewd. She often ordered her husband around when he was still alive."

Zhou Da added, "Her husband died of the epidemic when he was preparing for the summer Imperial Exam."

Tch!

This could also match the character. Did that mean that Jia She has a different dirty mind about his daughter-in-law?!

Sun Shaozong's inference was consistent.

At that time, Jia Zhen in the east mansion was indistinct from his daughter-in-law, Qin Keqing. Although it was said by others that he was very spiteful, Jia She was secretly stirred up by his dirty thoughts and was envious of this "gathering together."

However, his son, Jia Lian, although also a dissolute childe, was far less ambitious than Jia Rong, Jia Zhen's son.

In addition, Wang Xifeng's temperament was not as easy to manipulate as Qin Keqing's, and his father, Wang Ziteng, supported him. Jia She has no courage to force her, so he has to keep his mind at the bottom of his heart for the time being.

But as the saying goes, ”A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a mistress, and a mistress is not as good as nothing!”

This evil fire had been held for two years, and it became a heart disease for Big Master Jia. He was about to play out every once in a while, and he couldn't bear it.

Coincidentally, he saw this Lv Huiniang on the street a few days ago, and she was almost as beautiful as Wang Xifeng, especially with a pair of hanging red phoenix eyes that even provoked the soul of Jia She!

This was also the biggest reason why he would rather sell his daughter yesterday and have a taste of the woman!

However, Sun Shaozong was half emotional and half disgusted. He put this matter behind him for the time being and went to the corpse to start a careful exploration.

First of all, the deceased was wearing a semi-new gown, but it was empty inside.

Secondly, there were traces of lovemaking in her private place, but it was not very obvious. It seemed that their process was quite sloppy and hasty. Considering Jia She's age and physical quality, this was understandable.

Again, the fatal wound was stabbed into the chest with a dagger, resulting in massive bleeding and death.

Finally, her left hand was on her chest, her right hand was stretched out, and her fingers were in a grasping position. However, there was no skin debris left on her fingernails. It seemed that she had tried to catch the murderer, but the murderer avoided her.

This was probably what was found on the body.

As for the time of death, it was speculated that it should have been around midnight last night.

In addition, the table in the middle was littered with cups and dishes, and there were four empty wine pots. The body characteristics of the deceased didn’t look like they were killed after being drunk, but Jia She still had some traces of a hangover when he talked.

Then there was a huge bath bucket at the foot of the west wall. It was big enough for Sun Shaozong to fit in. It's no problem for ordinary people to shower together.

According to Sun Shaozong's observation, the use time of this tub was not very long, at least not more than half a year.

"My good brother."

Sun Shaozong still needed to investigate carefully. It was not easy for Jia Yucun to appease Jia She, but he came to him with hope and asked, "Did you find anything?"

"Well..."

Sun Shaozong asked, "Where is General Jia? What did he say?"

Jia Yucun hurriedly said, "Uncle said that he lost seven thousand taels of silver!"

"He has so much silver with him?"

Sun Shaozong frowned at what he heard. He always felt that the money had something to do with his Big Brother.

Although it had nothing to do with the case, he asked, "What else? Did General Jia ever tell the story?"

"Yes!"

Jia Yucun quickly learned Jia She's words from beginning to end.

Jia She had brought enough money to show off at Lv Huiniang's house yesterday.

Lv Huiniang was a greedy person. Seeing that he had brought silver as promised, she smiled happily and didn't mean to refuse.

So they set up a banquet overnight, waited on Jia She, had a good drink, and went to bed happy in the interest. Of course, it didn't last long.

Later, Jia She felt a little tired and fell asleep. It was only at dawn that he found that Lv Huiniang had been killed and stained with her blood.

Jia She screamed with fright, which shocked families in the neighborhood, and then the situation became the current situation.

"Wait a minute!"

Hearing this, Sun Shaozong questioned, "Since she made peace with men privately, how could she not lock the gate? If the gate was locked, how could those neighbors break in and see General Jia with the body?"

"Well..."

Jia Yucun suddenly asked, "Captain Zhao, did those witnesses mention the gate?"

"This has not been specifically mentioned."

Zhao Wuwei said, "But according to their description, they should have broken into the house directly and not hit the door."

"So it is."

Sun Shaozong nodded and said, "The suspicion of General Jia is lesser."

The word "lesser," however, made Jia Yucun want to know more and hurried him to find out all the things.

"First of all, the robe is quite heavy and cumbersome, which is not easy to wear, and she clearly has a more convenient lining, which is enough to shelter from the cold in the house."

"Normally speaking, since she has removed all her clothes, she has no reason to wear this rather cumbersome robe alone without a lining."

"Unless she is in a hurry to open the door for someone!"

"Only under such circumstances will she give up the lining with insufficient cold resistance and put on the robe directly."

"The gate of the courtyard has not been locked, which also supported the speculation that someone else came here last night. Unless General Jia killed someone and created such a false image to make us suspect others."

"But..."

At this point, Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "Based on General Jia’s identity, there are a hundred ways to cover up this matter. It is absolutely unnecessary to make it so well-known and self-defeating."

Jia Yucun was overjoyed. "So Uncle isn’t suspicious?!"

"Well..."

Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "For the time being, I'm not sure. I can only say that General Jia's suspicion is low. However, General Jia is still one of the important suspects until decisive evidence is found or the real murderer is captured."

Jia Yucun was also concerned but confused. After listening to Sun Shaozong, he also knew that Jia She could not be released at this time, so he earnestly asked, "Dear brother, have you ever found any clues about the real murderer?"

"Of course there are clues."

Sun Shaozong said, raising his hand and pointing to the female corpse, "First of all, there is a lot of information on this corpse."