Zhumen Hangui

Chapter 57
But these words reminded everyone, Li Tuiguan quickly said: "You mean the murderer is someone else? Maybe it's a woman?"

"But our academy's rule is that young women are not allowed to enter! The ones who come here are all servants doing odd jobs."

The head of the mountain immediately retorted that this is the rule of the academy.

"Although it is a rule, if there is a violation of the rule, no one will report it, and presumably they will not investigate it carefully." Master Zhang said suddenly.

"If you want to know if there are any young women coming in and out, just ask the porter and the guards at the back mountain."

Su Yi knew everything in his chest, and it was impossible for people to fly in out of thin air.

Li Tuiguan glanced at Mrs. Yang, at such an age, the flamboyant Zhu Tian must have looked down on her.

He casually pointed to a yamen servant and said, "You go and check it out, you must check it out."

"But if it's that woman, the sky is bright and bright, she dares to go out from the house? Although the sky is not bright at Maoshi, many students have already woken up."

Zhang Wei thought it was very risky, how bold is this woman?
"Then what if Brother Zhu died last night?" Su Yizhao looked back at Zhang Wei and said with a smile.

Those extremely protruding eyes, as if bursting with multicolored divine light, firmly attracted his attention.

Zhang Wei was stunned, he had never seen such a pair of beautiful eyes, like bright stars.

"Dead last night? But after Wu Zuo's inspection, he said it was around [-]:[-] today."

Li Tuiguan was taken aback when he heard the words, and said in doubt.

Su Yizhao took out the handkerchief from his arms, "Please take a look at it, sir!"

Tuiguan Li took it in doubt, and found a little green trace on the azure veil.

It looks like it was scratched, it's very faint, and I can't tell what it is.

He knew that Su Yizhao would not take out this handkerchief for no reason, so he put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it.

"Huh? This smell is a bit familiar!"

Li Tuiguan was very puzzled, where did he smell this smell, but he thought about it, but couldn't remember what it was.

He handed the handkerchief in front of the head of the mountain, and the head of the mountain took it and looked at it carefully, and shook his head after a while.

Zhang Wei probed over to look, his face thoughtful.

"Is this moss?" After a while, Zhang Wei asked uncertainly.

Su Yizhao nodded, "Exactly!"

"I then touched the inkstone and found that the small amount of remaining ink in the inkstone had dried up, it should be the ink that was ground last night. The woman must have been here last night, so I think that brother Zhu's death is probably related to that woman .”

After speaking, Su Yizhao walked to Zhang Wei's side, and took the handkerchief from him just now.

"Dare to ask the head of the mountain, is there a stream in the mountain behind this academy?" Su Yizhao looked at the head of the mountain with a smile, and then glanced at one person.

Seeing her looking at him, the man quickly let go of his grip on the hem of his clothes.

The head of the mountain heard the words and said without hesitation: "There are clear springs in the mountains, there is one from the back mountain of our academy, not far away, and there is a small pond for storing water in that stream."

"Although the weather is not cold today, the temperature difference between the mountains at night is quite large, especially in this mountain spring. The water temperature must be extremely cold, right? If you soak the corpse in it, will it delay the time of death?"

Su Yizhao turned his head to look at Wu Zuo, and said again: "Master, is there a mistake in what the student said?"

Wu Zuo didn't expect Su Yizhao to understand these things, but when Su Yizhao said this, he was shocked.

"That's right! If that's the case, then the test result does not match the real time of death."

"But I have checked the general, and there is no sign of coldness in his body."

Wu Zuo feels that Su Yizhao's guess is wrong, he is Wu Zuo, and he knows these things better than Su Yizhao.

"If you push the time forward by an hour or two, before we come, take the corpse out of the spring water and put it in hot water to soften it for a while, it should be able to mislead your judgment, right?"

Wu Zuo was taken aback when he heard the words, "If the difference is only one or two hours, it is indeed possible to mislead me."

"This thing was wiped from Brother Zhu's hair. It's moss, and it usually grows near the water. It seems that the murderer soaked it in spring water and accidentally got it on. Then he put it in before Maoshi. In the fasting house, soften it with hot water."

Everyone was shocked, this modus operandi was really unheard of.

Su Yizhao looked around with sharp eyes.

Li Tuiguan pondered for a moment, and said: "Then according to what you said, his death time will be pushed forward by one or two hours?"

"Exactly! The murderer has gone through so many troubles to create an alibi."

After Su Yizhao made his guess, everyone suddenly realized.

"Then do you know who the murderer is?" Li Tuiguan looked at Su Yizhao and asked expectantly.

"Naturally the one who has planned everything and has a perfect alibi, Aunt Yang!"

Su Yizhao's eyes sharpened, and he pointed to the pale-faced Yang Fu.

Everyone looked in the direction she pointed and couldn't help being surprised.

Yang Fu's heart jumped suddenly, and she looked at Su Yizhao with extremely complicated eyes.

Even the head of the mountain asked in shock: "How do you know it's her? What evidence do you have?"

"Dare to ask Senior Brother Jiang, when you opened the door and looked over here this morning, did you see Senior Brother Zhu with your own eyes?"

When Su Yizhao said this, everyone understood.

Jiang Haosheng shook his head quickly, "Looked at it from a distance, but didn't see Brother Zhu. I only saw the door was opened from the inside, and the man didn't say a word."

"That's it! To make a big noise, the murderer must be very familiar with Senior Brother Jiang's daily habits, and also knows that Senior Brother Jiang sleeps lightly. After waking you up, you can see that it's almost time, and he will definitely get up and take a shower."

Jiang Haosheng's expression darkened when he heard this, he was being tricked.

He said clearly: "Even if I don't look at it, if I hear the movement, I will take it for granted that Senior Brother Zhu opened the door. Generally, if I hear the movement and there is no response for a long time, most of them will open the door to have a look."

"But you said that the person who opened the door was not Zhu Tian, ​​so who could it be? I'm afraid there must be an accomplice? Otherwise, how would you proceed?"

Zhang Wei immediately thought of the key point, which cannot be explained at all, unless there are accomplices.

Su Yizhao nodded, "Of course the murderer can't do it alone! You can bring hot water to the house and soak the corpse in it, then Aunt Yang will help you!"

"According to your analysis, Mrs. Yang may just be an accomplice." The head of the mountain immediately questioned.

Su Yizhao shook his head, "So what if she is an accomplice? Anyway, she is indispensable in moving the corpse and implementing the plan. But the mastermind has a lot to do with Aunt Yang."

Yang Fu's complexion was as pale as paper, but her lips were tightly pressed together, and she couldn't say a word.

"Aunt Yang, who is the woman who came to the house last night? What is her relationship with Senior Brother Zhu Tian, ​​and what is your relationship with her?"

Just as Su Yizhao asked, she saw Aunt Yang's legs suddenly softened and she collapsed to the ground.

(End of this chapter)