Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 491 The Second Dead

Speaking of this, Conan paused for a moment, and said playfully: "It's interesting to say that Zhang Wenyuan is rich and domineering, but he treats Yu Yan with courtesy and has never acted arrogantly. "

"Oh? There are other things like this?" Li Canghai was a little surprised. No matter how you look at this Wen Yuan, he is a flirtatious person. He spent a lot of money to redeem Yu Yanrou's body. Could it be that he just kept it for appreciation?

Conan smiled slightly, and said: "Although Yu Yanrou has been reduced to a brothel, she is a showman rather than a body. Zhang Wenyuan seems to be tired of the overlord's hard-hitting tricks, and wants to make Yu Yanrou devote himself to him willingly. Therefore, not only for his They treated her with extra courtesy, and even built a Baihua Building specially for her."

Li Canghai snorted coldly, and said lightly, "This Wen Yuan really knows how to put on a show!"

Conan said: "Although Zhang Wenyuan is a complete hypocrite, he did not force Yu Yanrou anymore."

"Forget it, let's not mention this matter for now. Closer to home, who do you think is the most likely to commit the murder?" Li Canghai shook his head and turned his attention to the murder case again.

Conan pondered for a moment, then analyzed: "Hongmei is Zhang Wenyuan's concubine. Zhang Wenyuan seems to have no reason to kill his concubine. The other concubines and Hongmei Qingtong sisters seem to have no motive to kill her. Yu Yanrou Just came to the Zhang family, and there is no enmity with Hongmei, and she has an alibi, which can also rule out the suspicion. Yu Chengen was drunk last night, and the maid Liangchen can also testify that there is no time to kill. Ueda Takashi and Qiu Ju There is no suspicion of murder. In this case, the murderer is like a ghost, coming and going without a trace, so we have no clue."

Li Canghai picked up the teacup and said, "It's not without clues. Being able to kill Hongmei with ease at least shows that the murderer is someone familiar with Hongmei."

Conan nodded and said: "Brother Li's words are reasonable. The murderer's method of attack was clean and neat without leaving any traces. It can be seen that the murder was not impulsive, but probably a long-planned murder."

The two fell silent at the same time.

At this time, there was a sudden shout from outside the door: "It's not good! Someone is dead! Come on!"

The two looked at each other, their hearts tightened at the same time, Conan hurriedly pushed Li Canghai out of the room.

The two walked quickly following the sound, and soon came to Xiyuan.

The Zhangjia Bieyuan has a large scale and is divided into four gardens, namely Dongyuan, Xiyuan, Houyuan and Huayuan.

Dongyuan is the place where guests are welcomed, and all the guests live in Dongyuan, while Xiyuan is where the Zhang family's female relatives live.

The residences of Lan Yue and other concubines are in Xiyuan, including Hongmei's room.

In Xiyuan, there are many rockery and verdant vegetation. In addition to pavilions and pavilions, there are also many famous flowers and green bamboos. The scenery is pleasant and it is very suitable for living.

Li Canghai's room was right next to Xiyuan, and it was just through an arched door.

After hearing the exclamation, Conan pushed Li Canghai, and the two soon came to Xiyuan.

Outside the door of a house, a maid was sitting on the ground trembling, the teacup next to her was shattered, her face was terrified, and she kept yelling: "Dead, dead!"

At this time, Li Canghai and Conan hurried over before the crowd arrived.

The door was wide open, and a woman in red was lying face up on the ground. This woman was none other than Zhang Wenyuan's concubine, Ah Zhu.

There was a piece of bamboo stuck in A'Zhu's chest, blood flowed all over the ground, but he had not breathed for a long time.

At this time, everyone rushed over, and the female relatives screamed in fright when they saw this.

"A'Zhu! A'Zhu! Wake up, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Wenyuan opened his eyes angrily, rushed over with a roar, hugged A'Zhu's body and shouted.

Ueda Takashi and Yu Chengen also came here with the crowd, and they all gasped when they saw the tragic situation in front of them.

"Brother Li, what's going on?" Yu Chengen touched his nose and asked in surprise.

Li Canghai shook his head, and he said to Zhang Wenyuan: "Mr. Wai, dead people can't be brought back to life. Please pass by. Also, Mr. Wai, please step aside first, I need to check the body."

Ju Zi and Lan Yue looked at A Zhu's body lying on the ground with horrified faces, their lips were pale, they walked to Zhang Wenyuan's side, helped him up, and said, "Master, A Zhu's sister died strangely, let the fairy Let's do the autopsy first."

After several rounds of persuasion, Zhang Wenyuan stood up.

Li Canghai nodded to Conan, and Conan immediately asked everyone to take a few steps back and asked one by one.

Li Canghai rolled up his sleeves and carefully observed the surrounding situation.

In the room, all the furnishings are in order, and there is no sign of mess.

Judging from the large amount of blood spilled from A'Zhu's body, it can be seen that this is the first murder scene.

Li Canghai carefully inspected the corpse. The deceased's tongue was located between the upper and lower jaws, and there were no red spots on the upper and lower eyelids, indicating that the deceased did not die from suffocation.

Instead, as everyone saw, he died with bamboo knots piercing his chest.

The body was still warm, and the time of death should be within half an hour.

Li Canghai thought for a while, then grasped the bamboo joint with his hand, and pulled out the murder weapon, a stream of blood spurted out from the wound of the deceased, almost spraying him all over the face.

Holding the bamboo joint in his hand, Li Canghai began to observe carefully.

The bamboo section is no more than two inches thick and about half an arm long. There are branches growing on the bamboo joints, and there are a few bamboo leaves on the branches.

The end of the bamboo joint penetrating into the corpse seems to have been cut off with a sharp weapon, and the cutting surface is sharp and smooth, just like a knife edge.

After Li Canghai looked at it, he immediately put down the bamboo joint.At this moment, he suddenly found that there seemed to be something under the corpse.

He called Yu Cheng'en to come over to help, lifted Ah Zhu's body slightly, and found a scroll from under the body.

The scroll has been stained red with blood.

Li Canghai unfolded the scroll, and saw a painting of black bamboo on the scroll.

"Ghost! There's a ghost!" Lan Yue, who was standing outside the door, saw the picture and suddenly cried out in horror.

Everyone was taken aback by her, and Ju Zi hurriedly spoke out to comfort her.

However, Lan Yue seemed to be going crazy, and shouted in horror: "It must be Feng Niang! It must be Feng Niang's ghost who came back to kill someone! There is a ghost!"

"Sister Lan, calm down, where is the ghost? What's wrong with you?" Orange's face was also a little ugly, and his voice trembled.

Lan Yue pointed at the painting and cried out: "That's the ink bamboo painting drawn by Feng Niang! It must be Feng Niang is back! Feng Niang is back!"

Zhang Wenyuan's face was full of anger, he waved his hand and gave Lan Yue a slap, and shouted: "Shut up! Feng Niang has been dead for more than ten years, how could she kill someone?"

Lan Yue was a little stunned by Zhang Wenyuan's slap. She stared blankly at Zhang Wenyuan, and two lines of tears suddenly flowed from the corners of her eyes.

Zhang Wenyuan seemed to feel that he was acting too harshly. He sighed, reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of Lan Yue's mouth, and said, "Lan'er, there are no ghosts in this world, so calm down. Orange, send Lan'er back to rest, so that she can take care of her." !"

(End of this chapter)