Detective in the Red Chamber

Seeing Jia Baoyu surrounded by Yingying and Yanyan, Sun Shaozong tore off the sleeve without a trace, covered Jia Huan's left arm again, and then got up to meet him.

"I've seen Second Brother Sun."

Xue Baochai took the lead, and all the girls and Jia Baoyu came together to salute.

"My sisters are so polite."

Sun Shaozong gave Xu Yuan a hand across Zhang Zhang, looked around, and finally set his eyes on Xue Baochai, cleared his throat and said: "About this murder weapon, I would like to ask all the younger sisters alone - from Let’s start with the sisters of the Xue family, and arrange them down by grade.”

As he said that, he wanted to pass a lantern, and walked directly to a remote place for dozens of steps, so that the whispered conversation would not be overheard, and everyone could vaguely see the situation of the conversation between the two, so that nothing could be heard. Gossip.

"Sister Bao."

Shi Xiangyun stretched out his hand to grab Xue Baochai, stared at her watery, and wanted to ask a few words, but really didn't know what to say.

Xue Baochai didn't speak, but patted the back of Shi Xiangyun's hand with his backhand. While breaking free, he gave Lin Daiyu a meaningful wink.

Although she didn't want to admit it, if things were as she imagined, Lin Daiyu would be the only one who had the chance to persuade Jia Baoyu not to do something stupid.

Turning around and walking quickly to Sun Shaozong's side, the two stood still about half a zhang away, one looked up and the other looked down, but they both lost their words in silence.

Xue Baochai was speechless for a moment, thinking about how to get out Sun Shaozong's opinion on this case.

As for Sun Shaozong...

He just suddenly thought of the fact that he had just slept with someone's mother in the next room a few days ago, and he felt a little embarrassed unconsciously.

"Second Brother, did you find out anything just now?"

In the end, it was Xue Baochai who spoke first.

"Is this..."

Sun Shaozong originally planned to perfunctory her a few words, and then face to face with the object of suspicion as soon as possible.

But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly found that Xue Baochai's facial expression was a little strange, as if... he was trying his best to cover up something.

Sun Shaozong was shocked immediately.

Could it be that she was the real murderer who attacked Jia Huan again after the owner of the copper hairpin? !

Chapter 897 The Death of Jia Huan【Part [-]】

[The first watch, the third watch is estimated to have to fight until one or two o'clock. 】

The reason why Sun Shaozong believed that there were two attackers in this murder case was naturally because more evidence was found on the corpse.

…………

Rewind time to a quarter of an hour ago.

While the servants of the Rongguo Mansion rushed to the ear room to deliver the message, Sun Shaozong naturally would not be idle—starting from the fatal wound on the neck, he checked the surface of the corpse inch by inch for various traces.

First of all, besides the head and neck, the only two hands that are not covered.

The left hand is relatively dry, but there is a little frost on the palm of the right hand, which seems to have sweated before his death - but other than that, no more information was found.

The deceased was wearing a lapel-collar mink fur, and the dust-stained area on the back was slightly larger than the area on the body. It is inferred that there must have been a brief struggle and twist after being attacked and fell to the ground, but the magnitude was not great and the time was short. Not very long.

In the same way, the heel of the deceased's buckskin boots also left traces of kicking against the ground.

After untiing the lapel mink fur and the padded jacket inside, I found that there were many sweat stains on the corpse. Obviously, the temporary combination of padded jacket and mink fur was too warm.

It's just that there is sweat on the exposed palms?

Could it be that he had kept his hands in his sleeves for a long time, and refused to take them out even when he felt stuffy?

Why is there no sweat stain on the left hand?

Could it be that he is clutching something in his sleeve?

But on this palm, there is no trace left by holding something for a long time...

In addition, Sun Shaozong found another scar on Jia Huan's left arm.

Firstly, the scar was on the outer back of the upper arm, and the area was only the size of a grain of rice; secondly, Jia Lian had a mild skin disease, with many rashes from the shoulder to the elbow, so he almost missed it at first.

Fortunately, Sun Shaozong has the habit of repeated inspections, so he discovered something strange during the second inspection.

Through observation and comparison, Sun Shaozong quickly concluded that the wound was caused by a sharp object—it was very consistent with the gilt walking stick inserted on the fatal wound.

The murderer used that golden step to attack Jia Huan twice?

This speculation was originally successful, but Sun Shaozong always felt that this seemed to conflict with some details of the scene.

for example……

The shocked emotion in Jia Huan's eyes.

Since the murderer had stabbed him in the arm with a murder weapon, and there were signs of a fight under his ribs, it stands to reason that Jia Huan's emotions before his death should be based on panic.

Of course, these small flaws can barely explain the past.

However, for the sake of safety, Sun Shaozong decided to re-examine the traces on the surface of the corpse, especially around the stab wound on the left arm.

Facts have proved that his prudence is correct: there is indeed new evidence found behind the left upper arm of the lapel sable fur!

It was a small piece of lodging mink hair, because it was mixed with the overall pressure on the back, it looked very inconspicuous, and it was stained with dust and the current dark environment, so I didn't notice anything wrong before.

However, after careful comparison, it can be confirmed that the degree of lodging in this part is slightly more serious than that of Zuo Jin, which is also pressed by the arm.

Just relying on these small differences, it can't explain anything.

What really made Sun Shaozong feel like a treasure was the part of the lodging mink that stuck together—to be precise, it was frozen together by a small amount of water.

After a simple test, it was confirmed that the frozen moisture should be sweat.

At the same time, according to the results of the two young servants tasting it with their tongues, the frozen sweat has a powdery smell, which is exactly the same as the frosty sweat on Jia Huan's right hand.

Now we can make a reasonable inference: after Jia Huan was assassinated in his left arm, he covered the sore spot with his right hand for a long time, so that his palm covered in fur sweated, which is why he left such a mark.

And in this way, the inference that the murderer attacked Liu Jin Bu Yao and Jia Huan twice is even more untenable.

Since Jia Huan had a period of respite between the two attacks, and whether there were any traces of being restrained on his body, he could have escaped, called for help, struggled, etc. during this interval. .

Besides, since Jia Huan had already been attacked once, he must be very wary of the murderer. How could he give the opponent another chance to kill him after a while?

In short, no matter what aspect is considered, there should not be only two scars on his body, and there should be more traces left at the murder scene.

And Jia Huan's body shouldn't be lying in the most hidden place of the whole bamboo forest - you must know that this forest path only takes a total of thirty or so steps, if you just dodge a few steps, it will deviate from the center.

Not to mention emotional issues...

Now it is more reasonable to infer that after the first attack, Jia Huan quickly confirmed his safety, so instead of running away or calling for help, he continued to stay in the center of the bamboo forest.

But how was he sure that he would not be attacked again?

The killer's guarantee?

Jia Huan is no fool.

murderer……

ran away?

This is very possible!

If the owner of this gilt step is really the one Sun Shaozong guessed, she is almost unlikely to have murderous intentions towards Jia Huan.

If Jia Huan was accidentally stabbed to death in a panic, it might still be possible, but after a while after the first attack, Jia Huan was killed again...

Maybe she really ran away and left the murder weapon at the scene!

In this way, it also explained the question of why this kind of murder weapon, which would obviously reveal his identity, was left at the scene.

Seeing her running away, Jia Huan naturally didn't feel that there was any danger, so he stayed where he was, clutching the sore spot on his left arm, and waited for another person to arrive.

As for the reason...

"Guard Zhao."

Sun Shaozong suddenly turned his head and asked Zhao Zhongji: "Now that the death debt is gone, you might as well tell me the truth, brother Huan owed gambling debts recently?"

"This one……"

Zhao Guoji hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "That day he went out secretly for a long time, and when he came back, he complained that his luck was not going well, and he probably lost a lot."

now it's right!

The reason why Jia Huan appeared in the bamboo forest in the middle of the night, and continued to wait even after being attacked, was probably because he was anxious to fill the hole in his gambling debts, so as not to be discovered by Jia Zheng who suddenly returned to Beijing.

but……

Why didn't he ask his mother, Aunt Zhao, to borrow money?

Aunt Zhao followed Jia Zheng and dominated Jiangxi for more than two years, so she shouldn't have saved any savings.

"This time Aunt Zhao came back, did their mother and son get along alone?"

"It didn't take long to stay."

Zhao Guoji smiled wryly and said: "Probably because of the fourth brother, the mother and son had a big quarrel—my sister was crying just now, and she said that she was full of heartfelt words, but she didn't come to say a word in a hurry. "

It turned out to be the case.

This time, Aunt Zhao gave birth to a son outside, and everyone in the whole family was kept in the dark, even Jia Huan's own son was no exception.

For Jia Huan, who is paranoid by nature, this is undoubtedly a kind of betrayal, and it is normal for him to argue with his mother because of this.

That's why he didn't ask his mother for help, but raised money in private.

However, given Jia Huan's notoriety as a dog-hating person, no one in the family would lend him money except his own sister, Jia Tanchun, right?

But as early as the last time Jia Tanchun repaid the loan, he had already given it all to him—and because of this, the suspect Sun Shaozong locked down before was Jia Tanchun.

【Although Shi Xiangyun herself is also poor, her family has always shown itself to be poor, and she has never had any extra expenses. There is absolutely no reason for her to act like this.

Both Xue and Lin were not short of money, and Xichun was still in mourning recently, so it was impossible for her to wear such hairpins, so Jia Tanchun was the most suspicious. 】

Besides Jia Tanchun, who was the other person invited by Jia Huan?

Why did that man agree to his promise in the middle of the night?

Could it be that he held some handle, so he had to...

Sun Shaozong was thinking about it, Jia Baoyu and others rushed over, Sun Shaozong didn't have time to think about it, so he followed the previous calculation and confirmed the owner of Liu Jinchai's head first.

Unexpectedly, an abnormality was discovered on Xue Baochai at the very beginning.

Given the current situation of the Xue family, it is absolutely impossible for Xue Baochai to use this kind of gilt hairpin. Could it be that...

Is she the second person Jia Huan pinched?

Chapter 898 The Death of Jia Huan [Part [-]]

【Second Update】

Anyway, I also had a night of love with Aunt Xue.

Therefore, after realizing that Xue Baochai might be involved in the case, Sun Shaozong's heart sank at first, and then he couldn't help but have the idea of ​​bending the law for personal gain.

After all, Jia Huan's stinky shit, if it's because of him, it's really too much to lose to a beautiful and intelligent girl...

In a sense, Aunt Zhao had a foresight.

With the intention of bending the law for personal gain, Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "There are some clues, but it's hard to say right now."

Immediately, he asked tentatively, "I don't know, sister of the Xue family, but have you ever seen a similar style of gilt hairpin?"

Gilt hairpin head?

Xue Baochai was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly felt a little bit stunned, but she denied it without hesitation: "That's not true, why is the hairpin's head originally gilded?"

The latter question should not be a disguise.

but……

When the murderer committed the crime, he might not be able to notice whether the step was gilded or real gold.

"Then when was the last time you saw Brother Huan?"

"This……"

Xue Baochai thought about it for a while, and then said: "It was about the afternoon of the seventh day, when Brother Huan was detained by Brother Bao to study in Yihong Courtyard. I saw him from a distance, but as usual, I didn't go over to talk."